The purpose of this Report is to:

• provide an overview of government controls on employment, wages and social security entitlements applied to Indigenous people through the 19th and 20th centuries;
• review the controls on the payment of Commonwealth social security entitlements to Indigenous people;
• consider the evidence relating to trust funds and savings accounts established on behalf of Indigenous people, and also the misappropriation and mishandling of Indigenous money;
• examine the impact of employment and wages control on Indigenous people;
• measure the effort undertaken by governments to disclose evidence of the financial control and also review the ability of Indigenous people to access their financial records and documents;
• provide an overview of the Queensland and NSW reparations and repayment schemes that have been developed and implemented; and
• present the Committee's summary and conclusions.