Redress scheme announced for WA Stolen Generations
Survivors of the Stolen Generations in Western Australia will be compensated through a state government redress scheme offering payments of up to $85,000 each.
It brings WA in line with nearly every other Australian state and territory, and Premier Roger Cook acknowledged it could not "correct what has happened."
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