Why do so few of the media reporters actually ask the Aboriginal demonstrators why they are so angry with being told to change tactics?
National apology
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.
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.
Learning from Howard’s record on reconciliation
We should be optimistic, but we should not forget how the “sorry debate” came to be so big an issue for this nation. We should not forget how easy it is for Indigenous issues to become the ball in a game of dirty party politics. And we should not forget that most of the senior members of Howard’s cabinet those who so gutlessly acquiesced to the bitter agenda of a small man are still in parliament today, writes Chris Graham.
Let’s hope Rudd’s right — it’s a new beginning
Whatever you choose to call it, Australia has an opportunity, not to mention a mood, for change. The challenge that confronts us all now is whether or not we, as a nation, are mature enough to face this now, or whether we condemn future generations of our children to deal with this issue, and all the tragedy and misery that will inevitably ensue if we fail to act, writes Chris Graham.
Federal Liberals keep their sorry secrets in the closet
Deciding on whether or not to support a national apology for the Stolen Generation is not getting any easier for the Liberal Party, reports Thomas Hunter.
Mungo: Nelson should just say yes to saying sorry
After ten long years the federal Liberals are still dithering over whether to be part of a formal apology to the stolen generation of indigenous Australians. They have learned nothing; but apparently they have forgotten just about everything, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Mythbusters: ten sorry excuses exploded
There’s nothing like a little ‘sorry’ debate to get white Australia all red and puffy. Here’s a punter’s guide to exploding 10 of the more virulent myths surrounding a national apology to members of the Stolen Generations, writes Chris Graham.
A sorry tale of politics, pragmatism and principles
Politics has once again got in the way of pragmatism and principle. I am, of course, referring to the feigned Liberal outrage over the long-awaited delivery of a national apology to members of the Stolen Generations, writes Chris Graham.
The sorry saga of reconciliation
The Rudd government’s handling of the sorry saga over an apology and payment of compensation to members of the Stolen Generation represents both a step forward and a step backward. And as any fifth grader will tell you, that adds up to not much progress at all.
