This is from the BBC news website:
The Australian government has made a formal apology for the past wrongs caused by successive governments on the indigenous Aboriginal population. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised in parliament to all Aborigines for laws and policies that "inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss". He singled out the "Stolen Generations" of thousands of children forcibly removed from their families. The apology, beamed live around the country on TV, was met with cheers.
Here is the complete text of his speech, very long, but definitely worth a read. There's now talk of this being merely symbolic and doubts whether any compensation would follow. BUT, its something, possibly a beginning...
I'm proud to be an Australian today!
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