Some Stolen Generations survivors will get compensation under a package of redress laws for Indigenous children taken from their families.
Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt introduced two bills on Thursday for the scheme covering the Northern Territory and the ACT.
"The establishment of the scheme represents an important practical step forward in healing this country and reflects our government's commitment to our nation's journey to reconciliation," Mr Wyatt told parliament.
A third bill establishes a $10,000 advance payment for priority applicants who are elderly or terminally ill, after a review found making a claim was traumatising, bureaucratic and too slow.
Families Minister Anne Ruston also announced the Retta Dixon Home in Darwin, where children were allegedly abused from 1947 to 1980, and previously barred from the scheme by federal officials, will now be covered.
She said the Commonwealth has agreed to be a funder of last resort for the period prior to 1978 when the NT's self-government arrangements came into place.
State and territory governments have agreed to cover some defunct institutions where child sexual abuse took place, and Senator Ruston hopes more will be funded to share accountability and improve the scheme.
The NSW, South Australian, Tasmanian and Victorian governments have agreed to pay compensation for 11 United Aborigines Mission institutions, the Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs, Umeewarra Mission, Umeewarra Mission Children's Home, Northcote Home, Ten20 Foundation and the Launceston Girls' Home.
Under proposed laws for survivors in the territories, a one-off payment of $75,000 in recognition of the harm caused by the forced removal and a one-off healing assistance payment of $7000 will be available next year.
The opportunity for each survivor to confidentially tell their story to a senior official and receive a face-to-face or written apology for the harm caused by removal is also an important part of the scheme.
Redress payments will not affect eligibility for welfare payments, are exempt from taxes, and cannot be taken to pay for any social security debts.
Free legal and financial advice will be available to applicants to help ensure predatory legal firms don't add further harm.
Many people in remote and isolated communities still don't know about the national redress scheme, particularly in the Northern Territory, witnesses told a parliamentary inquiry last week.
Some Indigenous organisations want an overhaul of the entire legislative framework for the scheme.
