from ABC Online Govt closes stolen wages fund

Queensland Cabinet will decide later this year what to do with more than $30 million in unclaimed Indigenous wages.
After extending the deadline by a month, the Government today is closing its stolen wages fund.
The $55 million scheme was set up almost three years ago to make payments of $2,000 or $4,000 to Indigenous Queenslanders whose wages were kept by the state.
However, only $17.3 million has been paid to 4,800 claimants.
The minister responsible, John Mickel, says while the scheme closes today, the payments will not be finalised until June.
Cabinet will then decide what to do with the unspent money.
Mr Mickel says it will be used to benefit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders.
Some Indigenous leaders say the individual payments were too small and many people could not be bothered to claim.

For background info Stolen wages fact sheet prepared by Dr. Ros Kidd

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