More than a month after a four-year public inquiry found rampant sexual abuse of children in Australias institutional care, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Thursday that he will deliver a national apology by the end of the year.

As a nation, we must mark this occasion in a form that reflects the wishes of survivors and affords them the dignity to which they were entitled as children but which was denied to them by the very people tasked with their care, Turnbull said.

The Australian royal commission released its final report, along with 409 recommendations, in December after determining that tens of thousands of children had been sexually abused in institutional care settings over decades.

Turnbull told Parliament his government will appoint a survivor-focused group to help craft the apology and updated Parliament on a national redress plan for survivors, a key recommendation of the royal commission.

The redress plan, expected to be announced July 1, will offer up to $150,000 to some of the survivors of institutional child sex abuse