In his first act of Parliament, Rudd made an official apology to the ‘Stolen Generations’ who were removed from their families and placed in government-run missions or with white Australian families, in an attempt to forcefully assimilate mixed-race or light-skinned indigenous[1] children into mainstream society. The trauma that this longstanding policy inflicted on not only those taken,...
Tuesday, 13 February 2018, marked 10 years since former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to the Stolen Generations of Australia and launched the Closing the Gap initiative. Both marked a ‘new...
Below is an article published by The Australian: The West Australian government plans to repeal 40-year-old legislation that deals with the estates of Aboriginal people in a discriminatory way. Indigenous...
Below is an article published by The Australian. The Minister has been under intense political pressure over the past week amid revelations about the food crisis in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara...
Below is an article published by the Standard Regional Victoria's first dedicated memorial to Aboriginal soldiers is being built in Warrnambool to officially recognise contributions of the indigenous...
Below is an article published by : The Sydney Morning Herald Enrolling every Australian child in school by next year [2010] is an enormous task, the federal government says.Prominent...
The flags of the Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islanders will be on display at the Australian High Commission, Nuku'alofa, next week to mark the National Aboriginal and Islanders Day of Celebration,...
Key Indigenous lobbyists predicted the Australian government will ignore UN concerns over abuses of Aboriginals expected to be raised yesterday in the European headquarters of the human rights...
Untitled Document More than 500 Aboriginal people and supporters rallied outside the Victorian state parliament on May 10 to protest the proposed abolition of ATSIC and cuts to Aboriginal...
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