The numbers are astounding - figures out this morning from the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care estimate there are up to a quarter of a million victims over 70 years.
They are children, young people and vulnerable adults who suffered beatings, sexual assault and other cruelty while in state or religious care between 1950 and 2019.
The cost to society of the physical and mental injuries, criminal behaviour, homelessness, lack of education and unemployment is calculated at $217 billion.
Keith Wiffin is a survivor of abuse in state care and speaks to Susie Ferguson.
