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North Queensland elders say stolen wages entitlements unfair, much lower than expected
Families of stolen wages victims in North Queensland have waited decades for their entitlements, but have been left devastated by the payouts and are questioning how they were calculated.
Key points:
- Recipients of stolen wage entitlements from the Queensland Government say the payments are grossly unfair
- Administrators say a methodology that relied on anthropological evidence was used to determine the amounts
- Men received greater entitlements than women as they were more affected by stolen wage practices
The Queensland Government settled a long-running stolen wages case for $190 million in 2019.
The entitlements are being distributed to more than 10,800 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for wages earned between 1939 and 1972.
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