COVER STORY: “Stolen Generation”: where to now?*

The Federal Court has rejected the claim for damages against the Commonwealth by two members of the “Stolen Generation” of part-Aboriginal Australians. In a detailed judgement, Justice O’Loughlin said that evidence was not available to sustain the claims — it was either absent or worked against the plaintiffs by demonstrating parental approval for the relocation of their chidren. The decision led immediately to calls for the establishment of a tribunal which would not be as constrained b…

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