Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme

The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS (14:52): Supplementary question: we talked about a flat rate; how is that going to be determined? Is there a flat rate determined already? What is the formula?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (14:52): I thank the honourable member for his question. There is not a flat rate determined already. It will depend on the number of applications that are received. We don't know yet how many applications will be received. I know that the ALRM had an estimate that there might be 300 applications received. The total pool for both individual and community reparations is $11 million. It will be determined once all applications are received, once they are assessed, what that rate will be. We don't know yet what that rate will be, but it will be the same rate as everyone gets rather than a variable rate, lower or higher than whatever it is that people get.