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Western Australia Stolen Wages Class Action

This class action was on behalf of the thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Western Australia whose wages were unjustly withheld or not paid as a result of wage control legislation in effect until 1972. 

A settlement of the Western Australia Stolen Wages Class Action was approved by the Federal Court of Australia on 12 December 2024.  

On this date, the Federal Court also appointed David Hodgson and Tony Jonsson from Grant Thornton Australia to administer the Settlement Distribution Scheme. Their role is to distribute the Stolen Wages settlement monies to eligible claimants.  

For more information about the settlement administration, please direct all enquiries to Grant Thornton:

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