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The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse was formally announced in October 2021 on the third anniversary of the National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse. The formation of the National Centre is a result of key recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

The National Centre is victim and survivor-focused incorporating the voice and lived experience of victims and survivors of all life stages, backgrounds, and communities. It works in collaboration with major research institutions, state, and commonwealth governments, service providers, schools, and law enforcement agencies.

The Centre is driven by leading expert organisations Blue Knot Foundation, The Healing Foundation, and the Australian Childhood Foundation, forming an Australia-first partnership that will commission critical research, raise community awareness, reduce stigma, and build capacity around policy, practice, and services to support improved responses to victims and survivors and prevent child sexual abuse from occurring in the first place.