New South Wales acts to compensate Stolen Generations

The New South Wales Government has pledged more than $73 million to a reparations package for Indigenous children forcibly taken from their homes. Image: NSW Premier Mike Baird (left) and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Leslie Williams at Wunanbiri Pre-School in Sydney (AAP)

Advocates who have campaigned on behalf of the Stolen Generations for years have welcomed the move and are encouraging the state to act quickly.