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Aaron Bunch

Indigenous stolen wages class action reaches settlement

A public apology will be made in WA Parliament to underpaid Indigenous workers. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Thousands of Indigenous workers who were paid little or no wages for almost four decades will be compensated after the West Australian government settled a class action.

Premier Roger Cook says the decision recognises the injustice suffered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers and their families between 1936 and 1972 under WA laws.

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