Stolen Wages (Queensland)

Queensland’s first dedicated Reparations Review Panel has had its inaugural meeting and stands ready to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people without formal documentation access the Palaszczuk Government’s $21 million stolen wages fund by accepting their oral history as evidence.  Treasurer and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Curtis Pitt said the Palaszczuk Government established the expert panel in direct response to community feedback from the Stolen Wages Reparations Taskforce led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda.  For full story click here.