Descendants of the Northern Territory Stolen Generations who won a $50.45 million class action settlement are angry to discover some will receive just a few thousand dollars each, or nothing at all. Stolen Generations descendants yet to see $50m class action settlement Photo shows A photo showing an Indigenous woman looking directly at the camera Almost two years after they …
Leonie Carpenter was hoping to have the money from a Stolen Generations class action settlement by now, after the case was finalised in April. Key points: Stolen Generations descendants are frustrated by the wait to receive compensation Division of a $50 million settlement between three claimant groups is being worked out Shine Lawyers is asking for patience while it works …
Forty-two survivors of Aboriginal forced removal policies have signed a deal for compensation and apology 40 years after suffering sexual and physical abuse in the Garden Point Catholic Church mission on Melville Island north of Darwin. Key points: The Catholic church and the Commonwealth have agreed to compensate Aboriginal physical and sexual abuse survivors of the Garden Point mission The …
Maxine Kunde still has nightmares about what she endured as a child at the Garden Point mission on Melville Island, north of Darwin. Key points: Siblings have come forward to speak out on being sexually and physically abused at Garden Point mission Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are not yet part of National Redress Scheme There are fears that legal …