The national child abuse apology shows that institutions can heal, as well as harm | Katharine Murphy

Julia Gillard was the victims’ champion while Scott Morrison articulated survivors’ betrayal and frustration

The survivors who came to Canberra for the apology had been betrayed by institutions, yet they journeyed to the national parliament, an institution seemingly determined to drive the Australian people to despair, to seek a measure of healing.

With victims of institutional sexual abuse massing in their hundreds in Canberra on Monday – intent on taking possession of their house, its halls and its chambers, the pain etched on their faces and in their bodies – the Australian parliament did not have an option to fail.

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