Indigenous Australians, Stolen Wages

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:42): Supplementary: how will the government tackle the stolen wages of Aboriginal people in South Australia, given we are the last jurisdiction to take action on this matter?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:42): I thank the honourable member for her question. It's an issue that I know has been tackled. There have been legal decisions in other jurisdictions that have paved the way in a whole range of areas. We have led the nation in some areas: certainly in mainland Australia we were the first jurisdiction with a Stolen Generations Reparation Scheme, but we are always open to doing what we can further, including looking at stolen wages schemes.