The Coalition government’s 2018 redress scheme for the victims of institutional child sexual abuse has been singled out by think tanks on either end of the political spectrum as a good example of so-called “evidence-based policy”, according to a report released on Friday night.
Other policies that came closest to best-practice decision-making were the Victorian Environment Protection Amendment Bill passed earlier this year, and last year’s Queensland Government Termination of Pregnancy Act, which legalises abortion.
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Andrew Clark is a former editor of The Sun-Herald and Australian Business. He was a correspondent in Europe and North America, a political correspondent in Canberra and has been a journalist for more than 55 years. Email Andrew at aclark@afr.com.au
