 The "stolen wages" whereby up to 75% of the money earned by Aboriginal workers was seized by the state until 1972 was estimated at $71 million, despite being previously estimated in 2012 at only $2.5 million.The Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Peter Collier was accused of going slow on this settlement, waiting for claimants to die.Gaps continue to increase in child mortality, Aboriginal employment and the difference between Aboriginal and white Western Australian life expectancy.