SYDNEY : Australia will create a AUS$380 million (US$280 million) reparations fund for members of its indigenous population who were forcibly removed from families, Australian media reported on Thursday (Aug 5), months after 800 survivors filed a class action lawsuit. Under the compensation scheme, eligibl
SYDNEY : Australia will create a AUS$380 million reparations fund for members of its indigenous population who were forcibly removed from families, Australian media reported on Thursday , months after 800 survivors filed a class action lawsuit.
The programme will be announced on Thursday by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt as part of a AUS$1 billion boost to measures to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, the report said. More than 100,000 Aboriginal children were removed from their families and communities, and in 2008 then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd led a landmark parliamentary apology to members of the so-called stolen generation.
The offices of the prime minister and Indigenous Australians minister did not immediately respond to request seeking comment.
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