225:(NRS), which was set up for people who have experienced institutional child abuse. However the government prevented Australian Indigenous Ministries (AIM) from being a participant in the NRS, for the stated reason that the group could not afford to pay out potential claimants. There was a possibility that funding could be drawn from a government body, as a "funder of last resort", during the 2021 review of the scheme. Claimants and the AIM were exploring ways in which AIM could make a meaningful apology to survivors of abuse suffered at the home.
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