‘Shameful’ Theft of Indigenous Pay Finally to Be Repaid

‘Shameful’ Theft of Indigenous Pay Finally to Be Repaid
Senator Malarndirri McCarthy (C) during Senate business in the Senate at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Dec. 10, 2020. Sam Mooy/Getty Images
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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.

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