Taskforce to Identify the scope and extent of the 'stolen wages' issue, and to suggest policy options and administration issues [Stolen Wages Taskforce] (2007 - 2008)

Reconciling The Past: Government control of Aboriginal monies in Western Australia, 1905-1972, June 2008, courtesy of Department of Indigenous Affairs, Western Australia.
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May 2007

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June 2008

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Advisory Council

Alternative Names

Stolen Wages Taskforce (also known as)

A Taskforce with the role of identifying the scope and extent of stolen wages in Western Australia was established in May 2007 by the State Government. The Taskforce found that there was insufficient evidence of wages held in trust being returned to the people who earned them. These people included Aboriginal children who had been in 'care'. In 2012, the Government established the Stolen Wages Reparation Scheme WA as an expression of regret that this had occurred.

The multi-agency Taskforce was chaired by the Department of Indigenous Affairs and included representatives from the Department for Child Protection and Family Support. A panel of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisors assisted the Taskforce and a Project Team conducted research and consultations:

Determining relevant records and specialist advice required
Undertaking analysis, seeking advice as required and formulating an appropriate research
methodology
Undertaking comprehensive and appropriate consultation with Aboriginal people and communities, agencies and other parties on the scope and nature of the issues associated with monies withheld from Aboriginal people
Conducting a number of case studies
Suggesting policy options for going forward. Options could range from having no reparation
scheme to alternative models for reparation schemes, identifying any administration issues.

Related Concepts

Service Children

Related Events

Related Glossary Terms

Stolen Generations

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Publications

Online Resources

Inquiry into Stolen Wages, Commonwealth of Australia, 2006, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/stolen_wages/index. Details
Stolen Wages Reparation Scheme WA Frequently Asked Question, Government of Western Australia, 2012. Details
Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Parliament of Australia, Unfinished Business: Indigenous Stolen Wages, Commonwealth of Australia, December 2006, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/stolen_wages/report/index. Details
Stolen Wages Taskforce, Reconciling The Past: Government control of Aboriginal monies in Western Australia, 1905-1972, Department of Indigenous Affairs, Western Australia, June 2008, http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/2008/3.html. pages 9-10. Details

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Title: Reconciling The Past: Government control of Aboriginal monies in Western Australia, 1905-1972
Type: Document
Date: June 2008
Source: Department of Indigenous Affairs, Western Australia
Note: pages 9-10

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Title: Stolen Wages Reparation Scheme WA Frequently Asked Questions
Type: Document
Date: 2012
Source: Government of Western Australia

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Title: Application Pack [Stolen Wages Reparation Scheme WA Guidelines]
Type: Document
Date: 6 March 2012 - 30 November 2012
Source: Government of Western Australia

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Sources used to compile this entry: Reconciling The Past: Government control of Aboriginal monies in Western Australia, 1905-1972 [Document], Date: June 2008; Stolen Wages Taskforce, Reconciling The Past: Government control of Aboriginal monies in Western Australia, 1905-1972, Department of Indigenous Affairs, Western Australia, June 2008, http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/2008/3.html. pages 9-10..

Prepared by: Debra Rosser

Created: 30 August 2012, Last modified: 21 August 2013

Taskforce to Identify the scope and extent of the 'stolen wages' issue, and to suggest policy options and administration issues [Stolen Wages Taskforce] (2007 - 2008)