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INTERVIEW: Stolen Generations survivor Tony Hansen on what it means to finally have a redress scheme in WA

Tony Hansen speaking at a media conference on the WA redress scheme.

Wilman and Noongar man Tony Hansen says it is important the redress scheme is rolled out in a timely manner. Credit: NITV/SBS

After years of campaigning, Stolen Generations survivor Tony Hansen says the establishment of a redress scheme in Western Australia is a milestone moment.


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By Biwa Kwan

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After years of campaigning, Stolen Generations survivor Tony Hansen says the establishment of a redress scheme in Western Australia is a milestone moment.


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A proud Wilman and Noongar man, Tony Hansen was removed from his family when he was just three years old, and placed at Marribank Baptist Mission, almost 300 kilometres south of Perth.

He says it means a lot to him to see a state redress scheme announced for survivors of the forcible child removal policies that began in the early 1900s and lasted into the 1970s.

It comes 28 years after the landmark Bringing Them Home report called for such a measure.

Biwa Kwan spoke with Mr Hansen about the long road to this point - and what unfinished business remains.


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