‘Shameful’ Theft of Indigenous Pay Finally to Be Repaid

Published on September 6, 2024

The Federal Government will pay up to $202 million (US$136 million) compensation to thousands of Indigenous workers whose wages were stolen while working in the Northern Territory (NT) last century. The payout is part of the settlement of a class action on behalf of workers and their families who were subject to Commonwealth wage control legislation between 1933 to 1971. The Western Australian government settled a similar case last year for stolen wages in that state, agreeing to pay out $165 million (US$111 million) while an action against the Queensland government resulted in compensation totalling $190 million (US$128 million) in 2019. Lead applicant in the NT case, Minnie McDonald, remembers working on stations from a young age....

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