A First Nations woman has lost her bid for damages from the state of Queensland after a court ruled the length of time since her alleged sexual and physical abuse in care made it impossible to fairly adjudicate the case.
Joanne Willmot, 69, alleged she had sustained a psychiatric injury after being abused from 1957 to 1967 while living in a foster home, at the Cherbourg girls’ dormitory and while visiting her grandmother.
