 Around 16,000 people, including those with mental illnesses, were forcibly sterilised under a eugenics law that was only scrapped in 1996. Jean McKenzie has more. The government has always refused to acknowledge the law was unconstitutional and until now victims had only been entitled to around $20,000 in compensation. But this for many was not nearly sufficient. Today's ruling awards 11 victims, sums of up to $100,000.