Overview

• The scheme provides eligible Aboriginal people removed before July 1, 1972 with a one-off payment of $85,000.
• Registrations are set to open in the second half of 2025, with payments scheduled to roll out by the end of the year.
• Western Australia becomes the second-last state to offer Stolen Generations redress, leaving Queensland as the only jurisdiction without a compensation program.
• The $85,000 award trails Victoria’s $100,000 payment yet exceeds New South Wales’s $75,000 and South Australia’s combined $30,000 packages.
• The government will partner with Aboriginal organisations on scheme delivery and has signaled plans for further healing and truth-telling initiatives, with some advocates urging inclusion of relatives of deceased survivors.