LAWYERS TO TRAVEL TO MEET STOLEN WAGES VICTIMS FOLLOWING SETTLEMENT
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The legal firm behind the Western Australian Aboriginal stolen wages class action will travel across the state in coming months to deliver information sessions on next steps for applicants.
Last month, the state government agreed to pay up to $180 million to compensate Aboriginal people who worked in Western Australia for little or no wages between 1936 and 1972.
Shine Lawyers will visit over 200 communities over seven months to assist stolen wages victims or their surviving families register to be considered for compensation money.
The first session was held in Mandurah yesterday.
Shine Lawyers Practice Leader Sarah Thomson said people did not have to have been previously involved in the class action to be considered.
“Even for those people who’ve already registered, we need you to register again, because we’ve got a particular form you need to fill out so you can be considered for some compensation,” she said.
The information sessions will come to the Pilbara and Kimberley in 2024.
Listen to the full interview with Shine Lawyers Practice Leader Sarah Thomson: