Allan Allaway, victim of institutional physical abuse, forges further law reform in Queensland

Allan Allaway who was made a ward of the State of Queensland in 1941, and who was subjected to 14 years of physical abuse at the hands of the Sisters of Mercy at the infamous Neerkol Orphanage in Rockhampton, has welcomed the coming change in legislation in Qld that will allow victims of institutional physical abuse to seek compensation.