Record $8m compensation for victim of paedophile teacher at infamous Victorian public school
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6RC08)
Former Beaumaris primary school student will receive biggest known payout by a state government to a sexual abuse survivor in Australia
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A sexual abuse survivor from an infamous Victorian public school will receive a record $8m settlement from the education department, and the state government could be on the hook for more compensation.
The former student was sexually abused at Beaumaris primary school by Darrell Ray, one of four paedophiles who taught at the school in Melbourne's south-east in the 60s and 70s.
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