OUR petition is being tabled in Victorian State Parliament in June. We need as many faces and voices as possible to maximise media coverage, to increase acknowledgement of historical institutional child sexual abuse in Beaumaris and surrounding communities. In crisis management, Acknowledgement is the first step to an Apology, that can lead to an Assurance of commitments, that should then result in Actions. The intergenerational trauma of childhood sexual abuse is a crisis that has yet to result in essential services and supports in too many communities. One part of achieving justice, namely doing what is right, moral and restorative.

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse resulted in a national acknowledgement and apology, and a number of recommendations that Federal and State governments have varied in their levels of assurance and commitments, let alone, actions.

Our petition is asking the Victoria State Government to consider ...

not why they should act, as the moral, social and economic benefits are well known and compelling,

nor

what they should do, as there are too many local and international frameworks and case studies they can adopt and adapt,

but

why haven't they acted?

We welcome anyone wishing to share with media about why our Petition outcomes matter to you, your family and your community. Email us on 3193survivorsfamilies@gmail.com to learn more, or RSVP via our Facebook event.
Celebrate Our Petition Being Tabled In Victorian State Parliament.

Resharing what you need to know regarding the tabling of our petition.

• We are aiming for 7- 9 June sitting week to table the paper.
• The Chamber needs to agree to table papers, and given the nature of our petition we expect this to happen (almost all pass).
• Once tabled it is on the public record. This means that any personal details of signatories will be on the public record and therefore publicly accessible forever.

If you don’t want your name in the public record

You can ask us to manually remove your name and details, by editing the petition details, via the following email, by Monday 30th May at the latest.

3193survivorsfamilies@gmail.com

OR

You can remove your signature from the petition, as per the following instructions, by Monday 30th May at the latest.

How to remove your signature from a petition

Please keep sharing our petition as widely as you can, so we keep being heard!