Aboriginal stolen wages lawsuit 'as important as Mabo' to go national

By Jorge Branco
Updated September 13 2016 - 12:18pm, first published 11:16am
Noel Pearson, Hans' nephew, likened the lawsuit to the Mabo decision, in terms of its significance. Photo: Peter Eve / Yothu Yindi Foundati
Noel Pearson, Hans' nephew, likened the lawsuit to the Mabo decision, in terms of its significance. Photo: Peter Eve / Yothu Yindi Foundati

A landmark class action lawsuit aiming to claw back the stolen wages of about 300 Aboriginal Queenslanders could be the beginning of something much bigger, with similar moves planned nationally within months.

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