The Apology

Last week, Kevin Rudd apologised to the Stolen Generations on behalf of the Government. About time!


He'd promised that an apology would be one of the first things his new government did. I'm glad he followed through. It's well overdue, since I think it should have been offered years ago. Still, there was no way John Howard would have done this, and even if he had I don't think it would have been as full or as moving as the one offered by Rudd.

I didn't hear the speech directly, but I have read it now. There was a bit of controversy over Brendan Nelsons speech, but I haven't heard or read it so can't really say if it was justified. As the leader of the Liberal party, though, he was always going to get a rough reception on this issue, so it may have been better than reported.

Anyway, here's one link to the full text of the speech. And here's the link directly to the Prime Ministers site.