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not knowing who you are is the source of deep, scarring sorrows, the real meaning of which can be known only to those who have endured it Our generation does not own these actions, nor should it feel guilt for what was done in many, but certainly not all, cases with the best of intentions. But in saying we are sorry, and deeply so, we remind ourselves that each generation lives in ignorance of the long-term consequences of its decisions and actions. Even when motivated by inherent humanity and decency to reach out to the dispossessed in extreme adversity, our actions can have unintended outcomes. As such, many decent
Australians are hurt by accusations of theft in relation to their good intentions.
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20th century. In doing so, we reach from within ourselves to our past, those whose lives connect us to it, and in deep understanding of its importance to our future. We will be at our best today and every day if we pause to place ourselves in the shoes of others, imbued with the imaginative capacity to see this issue through their eyes with decency and respect.
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In rising to speak strongly in support of this motion I recognise the
Ngunnawal, first peoples of this Canberra land. Today our nation crosses a threshold. We formally offer an apology. We say sorry to those Aboriginal people forcibly removed from their families through the first seven decades of the
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I thought I was being taken just for a few days. I can recall seeing my mother standing on the side of the road with her head in her hands, crying, and me in the black FJ Holden wondering why she was so upset. A few hundred words can't fix this all but it's an important start and it's a beginning I
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It is reasonably argued that removal from squalor led to better lives: children fed, housed and educated for an adult world which they could not have imagined. However, from my life as a family doctor and knowing the impact of my own father’s removal from his unmarried, teenage mother, I know that
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expressing "deep and sincere regret that indigenous
Australians suffered injustices under the practices of past generations, and for the hurt and trauma that many indigenous people continue to feel as a consequence of those practices" and dedicating Parliament to the "cause of reconciliation" for
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said: "I think as a nation we owe an apology. We shouldn't be thinking about it as an individual apology — it's an apology that is coming from the nation state because it was governments that did these things". Nelson later said that he supported the government apology. Following a party
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Indigenous Australians and the non-indigenous general public. A Newspoll released the week after the apology found 69% of the country supported it. However, the poll also found that only 30% of the population supported
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However, outside the chamber, reactions were less bipartisan and Nelson's speech received mixed reactions and some criticism. In the Great Hall of
Parliament, members of the audience (including Kevin Rudd's Press Secretary and Media Advisor) began a
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Professor Alice MacLachlan has criticized this apology of the
Australian government as it has apologised for a specific policy, "avoiding the broader question of apologizing for a much longer history of genocidal appropriation and displacement".
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Aboriginal people as a whole, nor to members of the Stolen Generations specifically. Rudd followed the apology with a 20-minute speech to the house about the need for this action.
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see myself as that little girl, crying myself to sleep at night, crying and wishing I could go home to my family. Everything's gone, the loss of your culture, the loss of your family, all these things have a big impact.
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A future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with an equal stake in shaping the next chapter in the history of this great country, Australia.
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A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to close the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement, and economic opportunity.
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government compensation to the victims. This represented a significant shift in public opinion since 2000, with one poll finding 57% of Australians against an apology.
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We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.
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That today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history.
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historic mistreatment of Indigenous Australians as the "most blemished chapter" in Australian history.
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in 2018 and was nominated in three categories in the 2018
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343:rose to offer bipartisan support for the apology:
1118:"Thunderous applause in Sydney for Rudd's speech"
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1187:"Senate dumps on PM over reconciliation"
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945:"Video: Watch Kevin Rudd's full apology"
846:"The words Rudd will use to say 'sorry'"
707:Peatling, Stephanie (11 December 2007).
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1287:"Senate: Official Hansard, No. 1, 2008"
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709:"How to say sorry and heal the wounds"
276:We reflect on their past mistreatment.
1419:"World Premiere of After the Apology"
1316:"Brown defeated in 'sorry' compo bid"
1151:Shanahan, Dennis (19 February 2008).
1048:"Fury over Nelson's 'sorry' response"
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611:"The history of apologies down under"
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1314:Crawshaw, David (13 February 2008).
1154:"Rudd sets record as Mr 70 per cent"
800:"Opposition joins rush to say sorry"
215:, and former Liberal Prime Minister
152:On 26 August 1999, Howard moved the
759:"Liberal division grows on apology"
757:Schubert, Misha (30 January 2008),
86:children (often referred to as the
1980:Aborigines Progressive Association
1296:. 13 February 2008. Archived from
1184:Grattan, Michelle (8 March 2000).
1019:Parliamentary Hansard, 13 Feb 2008
972:. 13 February 2008. Archived from
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775:Gartrell, Adam (8 February 2008).
125:(1997) report commissioned by the
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921:Welch, Dylan (13 February 2008).
798:Hoare, Daniel (7 February 2008).
98:, and is also referred to as the
80:apology to Indigenous Australians
2584:Human rights abuses in Australia
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1099:Evans, Jake (13 February 2023).
895:Daley, Paul (13 February 2018).
777:"Howard will not attend apology"
735:Lewis, Steve (1 February 2008).
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1570:Apology Project digital stories
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487:also expressed disappointment.
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1975:Aborigines Advancement League
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2035:National Reconciliation Week
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875:National Museum of Australia
2087:NSW Aboriginal Land Council
2025:Registered Aboriginal Party
2010:National Indigenous Council
1897:Macro-Gunwinyguan languages
1580:State Library of Queensland
1292:. Parliament of Australia,
582:Reconciliation in Australia
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1970:Aboriginal Medical Service
1501:"After the Apology (2017)"
1261:MacLachlan, Alice (2013).
561:Australian Directors Guild
339:Liberal Opposition Leader
219:. Former Liberal minister
1859:Traditional custodianship
1139:The Sydney Morning Herald
1122:The Sydney Morning Herald
1030:The Sydney Morning Herald
927:The Sydney Morning Herald
897:"The Apology 10 years on"
781:The Sydney Morning Herald
714:The Sydney Morning Herald
323:Opposition leader's reply
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141:", in consultation with
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127:Keating Labor Government
2376:Australian history wars
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923:"Kevin Rudd says sorry"
82:for forced removals of
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2072:Kimberley Land Council
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1912:Loanwords into English
1829:Religion and mythology
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1141:, 13 February 2008.
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660:on August 27, 1999.
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587:Redfern Park speech
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2507:Self-determination
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2361:Historical figures
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2077:Maralinga Tjarutja
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