Milestone Stolen Wages decision just another marker on a long road still ahead

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Milestone Stolen Wages decision just another marker on a long road still ahead Credit: Lighthousebay/Getty Images

Western Australia's government has agreed to a historic $180.4 million settlement to address the decades-long injustice of wages stolen from thousands of Aboriginal workers between 1936 and 1972. So where and how were wages stolen, who stole them and what is being done about it now?


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