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Miklos Bolza

UNCOVERED: 50m payment to stolen generation families approved - Caught on Camera

Eileen Cummings was the original lead plaintiff in the class action. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

A $50 million class action settlement between the federal government and families of the stolen generation snatched from their homes in the Northern Territory has been given the green light by a judge.

In the NSW Supreme Court on Monday, Justice Robert Beech-Jones approved the settlement after hearing that the lawyers and funder behind the case would only take up to 20 per cent of the total amount paid by the Commonwealth to resolve proceedings.

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