E/CN.4/2002/24/Add.1 page 50 “The scheme was quite complex and changed many times over the period. Wages were split into three components: − Compulsory savings; − Statutory deductions; and − Pocket money. “Compulsory savings were placed in the Queensland Aborigines Account. Any spending of these monies could not be made without the consent of the Local Protector or Superintendent. “Statutory deductions were made on wages in varying amounts depending on a person’s situation. The monies collected by way of deduction went to the Aboriginal Welfare Fund Account and were used for spending which was said to be for the ‘benefit of Aboriginal people generally’. When the Fund was frozen in 1993 it was credited with $A 7.6 million. “Some employers had to pay parts of people’s wages directly to them as ‘pocket money’; however, the majority of workers claim never to have received this portion of the wage.” 110. The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services Secretariat (QAILSS) is endeavouring to seek compensation from the Queensland government for persons who worked under the Protection Acts. 111. The Special Rapporteur was himself told about two cases of discrimination in employment which are currently being considered by the competent Australian authorities. In deference to the principle that domestic remedies must be exhausted before a case of violation of human rights can be considered, the Special Rapporteur awaits the conclusion of the ongoing proceedings. 112. A further concern expressed by a number of interlocutors related to the increase in racist insults in football stadiums, both from spectators and from opponents. These insults have been directed mainly at Aboriginal players, who have been playing for clubs in greater numbers since 1980. In the year 2000, there were 46 registered Aboriginal players in the Australian Football League. The league authorities have reacted to racial insults at grounds, in particular when in 1995 Michael Long, an Essendon player, lodged a complaint with the league for racial insults. He demanded that the league adopt rules which would allow players uttering racial insults to be fined or suspended. In June 1995, the league adopted “rule 30”, which is aimed at combating racist and religious defamation. It reads: “No player ... shall act towards or speak to another person in a manner, or engage in any other conduct, which threatens, disparages, vilifies or insults another person … on the basis of that person’s race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin”. The league has also organized anti-racism awareness campaigns aimed at players. Although it has succeeded in changing relations between players on the pitch, the league has not yet put a stop to racist behaviour by spectators; insults of the “you black bastard”, “coon” and “nigger boy” type are often heard on the terraces.