The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry was established to investigate abuse and neglect of children, young people and adults in state- and faith-based care from 1950 to 1999.
“The state was supposed to care for you, to protect you, but instead it subjected you to unimaginable physical, emotional, mental, and sexual abuse.
“Patients at Lake Alice were given electric shocks without anaesthetic, as well as painful and immobilising paraldehyde injections.
To the survivors of Lake Alice, thank you for your determination to ensure what you suffered was brought to light.
“Today, I humbly stand before you in this House to offer a long overdue apology to the survivors of Lake Alice.

Abuse in Care Inquiry: Government praises survivors for sharing accounts of ‘unimaginable, despicable’ treatment