Mick Gooda to head Stolen Wages Taskforce

Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda will head the Qld Government's Stolen Wages Taskforce, which aims to return $21m in wages to Aboriginal workers.

Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda will oversee the Queensland government's Stolen Wages Taskforce.

The government has created a $21 million reparation fund to return wages to indigenous workers who were unpaid or underpaid for 70 years from 1904.

The scheme is expected to start early next year.