Under the plan, 60,000 victims would be able to seek compensation, counselling and psychological care.
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“It’s not in prospect at all”, he said of a Labor leadership change.
Mr Shorten told reporters in Melbourne if Labor kept rolling out quality policies the polls would “sort themselves out”. “We know the issue, we should just get on with it”.
Today’s poll, which has a 3 per cent margin of error, puts the Coalition’s primary vote at 45 per cent, 10 points ahead of Labor.
Two weeks ago, Labor switched tactics to target Mr Turnbull’s wealth by highlighting his managed investments housed in the Cayman Islands.
Newspoll reflects other national polls, but Shorten expects they will all turn around.
Labor’s Jason Clare says Mr Turnbull’s popularity will quickly fade when he actually does something.
But Assistant Treasurer Kelly O’Dwyer says under Mr Turnbull there is a lot more “robust concession” in the new-look cabinet.
“Frankly, the real business of opposition isn’t reading the polls, the real business is providing justice for these remarkable people”, he said.
“I attribute improvement in the polls entirely to Minister Pyne’s appointment of Alan Finkel”, he said. “Australians would expect the leader of the government and the leader of opposition to talk on a sensible regular basis and I am going to try and see if Malcolm is interested in that”.
He announced a Labor government would fund a redress scheme for victims of institutional abuse, and seek funding for counselling and direct payments from churches and state and territory governments.
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The Royal Commission wants a Government response by the end of the year.
