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Adrian Black

RARE PHOTOS: Victoria cut traditional owner groups from 2b windfall | Rare Historical Photos

Steve Dimopoulos said none of the forestry and grazing licence revenue went to traditional owners. (HANDOUT/YOORROOK JUSTICE COMMISSION VICTORIA)

Royalties agreements were intentionally set up to exclude Aboriginal people in Victorian from their cut of more than $1 billion in land use revenue, an inquiry has heard.

State Environment Minister Steve Dimopoulos told the Yoorrook Justice Commission he believed not one cent of $1.89 billion in forestry and grazing licence revenue since 2010 had gone to traditional owners despite mechanisms to distribute royalties.

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