WA to Pay $85,000 to Indigenous Survivors of the Stolen Generations

Western Australia becomes the latest state to offer reparations to the Stolen Generations.

An Australian Aboriginal man in traditional costume walks down a street in Katanning, Western Australia, on March 22, 2025. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

Western Australia (WA) has unveiled a long-awaited scheme to financially compensate members of the Stolen Generations, offering up to $85,000 per person.

The scheme will deliver individual taxpayer-funded payments to Aboriginals removed from their families by the state prior to July 1, 1972.