sit-down money

sit-down money
Welfare or social security payments made to aboriginal people, including unemployment benefits.

2005: A discussion paper being released today canvasses a number of proposals to transform the payments that have become known as sit-down money. — Australian Broadcasting Commission, The World Today, 21 February 2005 [


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