Aboriginal Trust Fund Repayment Scheme

In March 2004, the NSW Premier formally apologised to the Aboriginal people in NSW. 

"when in the years up to 1969 Aboriginal people sought to gain access to their accounts they were rarely paid. After 1969 payments ceased completely. For those reasons I take this opportunity to formally apologise to the Aborigines affected.

"I want to assure the Aboriginal community that if we can establish any individual is owed money they will have it returned… these funds were held in trust, and our predecessors failed that trust."