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  1. 1Prime Minister Rudd Apologises

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Credit: http://www.pm.gov.au/.

Preface

On Wednesday 13 February, 2008, the new Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, apologised in federal Parliament to Australia’s Indigenous peoples for past mistreatment. He apologised for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians, particular on the mistreatment of those who were part of the Stolen Generations.

Please click on the link below to read the full text of the Prime Minister’s address to Parliament.