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Money is frequently offered to redress wrongs — what does it achieve for victims and justice?

  • Written by Kathleen Daly, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
Money is frequently offered to redress wrongs — what does it achieve for victims and justice?Joel Carrett/AAP

The federal government has just launched a A$378 million scheme for Stolen Generations survivors in the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Jervis Bay. At the same time, the Czech Republic has passed legislation offering payments to women, mostly from the Roma community, who were sterilised without their consent.

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