Child migrants


Guy Rundle: What is forgotten in Rudd’s latest apology

The Forgotten Australian apology makes the state the agent of a set of acts — compassion, sympathy, pity, reparation, remorse — that are properly human, and should be expressed between individuals or groups.

The Forgotten Generation: Australia says “sorry”

The Federal Government will finally issue an apology today to the “Forgotten Generation” — the 500,000 child migrants who suffered abuse in Australian institutions between the 1920s and 1960s.