Days from a claims deadline, the administrator of a $190m settlement for unpaid workers says thousands can't be contacted and may lose out.
Thousands of Indigenous Australians in a landmark stolen wages case risk missing out on money they're owed because they can't be contacted, administrators say.The $190 million is for 14,000 people who didn't receive payment for work over three decades
But administrators say about 3,000 of 14,000 registered claimants haven't supplied bank account details or identification documents needed to process their claims, with the deadline just days away. "It took me four years fighting the Government to get our money, the stolen wages. And now our own people is [sic] holding us back," he said.
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