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Australia to spend $813M to address Indigenous disadvantage

by Rod McGUIRK
| August 4, 2021 11:03 PM

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government on Thursday pledged 1.1 billion Australian dollars ($813 million) to address Indigenous disadvantage, including compensation to thousands of mixed-race children who were taken from their families over decades.

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