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Forgotten Generation
Crikey Says: Where was the protest over the Forgotten Generation Apology?
Why was there no protest over the Apology to the Forgotten Generation, as there was over last year’s Apology to the Stolen Generation?
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.
Sorry, but Kevin and Malcolm pulled it off
Well done to both Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, who this morning made excellent speeches in Parliament’s Great Hall, to representatives of the Forgotten Generation.
AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Forgotten Australians share their stories
Members of the Forgotten Generation tell their stories of abuse and mistreatment while orphans and wards of the state.
An apology is just the first step
Today’s apology to the Forgotten Generation is meaningless if it is not a sincere plea from the government for forgiveness, says Hugh Mackay.
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.
