Sentences with phrase «national apology»
A "national apology" is when a country officially says sorry for something it did wrong in the past. It is a way for the government to take responsibility for its actions and acknowledge the pain or harm caused to a group of people. Full definition
«It is the view of my Government that a formal national apology of the type sought by others is not appropriate,» he said.
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While the new relationship between the Government and Indigenous Australians started with the landmark National Apology in February, the goodwill has not yet transpired into significant decisions or actions to improve the native title system.
Social Justice Commissioner marks 10th anniversary of national apology to the Stolen Generations
RAV staff are also attending a commemorative event hosted by ARMS and VANISH, which will feature a keynote address from Adjunct Professor Nahum Mushin on National Apology for Forced Adoptions — Five Years On.
And I was extremely humbled when I was asked by the Stolen Generations peak bodies to deliver a response on behalf of Stolen Generations members and their families to the Prime Minister's historic national Apology on 13 February 2008.
This includes the stalled efforts to reconciliation (hopefully reignited by the recently offered National Apology to the Stolen Generations), and the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the issues of land, control of resources, cultural security, the rights of self - determination and sovereignty.
There are no reasonable impediments in the way of a comprehensive national apology by the Australian Government through the Australian Parliament.
On 13 February 2008, Prime Minister Rudd made a historic and long overdue National Apology to the Stolen Generations on behalf of the Australian Parliament.
The ensuing time since the federal election has seen the historic National Apology, an indication of support for the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the active attempts of the Attorney - General and federal, state and territory Ministers to develop a new relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, coupled with a new attitude to native title.
In Australia last week, the prime minister Julie Gillard delivered an historic and exceptionally moving national apology to thousands of unwed mothers who were forced by government policies to give up their babies for adoption over several decades.
Only time will tell how the government complements its symbolic National Apology with practical changes that are beneficial to Indigenous Australians.
There is little to be lost from issuing an unconditional national apology for undoubted past wrongs which linger in their effects today.
The recent national apology made by the Australian Parliament to members of the Stolen Generations was an important step on that journey towards healing and reconciliation.
This is why the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation always strongly stated that a formal national apology, in the light of our shared history, would be a crucial element of reconciliation.
If Republicans want to finally start a dialogue about combating the horrors of sexual harassment, the conversation should begin by talking about the actions of the man they put into the White House, and end with a national apology.»
Since these experiments were not known to the Aboriginal parties, and perhaps also not known to the Government negotiators of the agreement that led to both the compensation program and the national apology, are there good grounds in law to think that the 2008 apology covers any and all other insults that may be discovered after 2008?
A decade on, the National Apology to the Stolen Generations remains a momentous turning point that demonstrates the importance of historical acceptance in paving the road to reconciliation.
However, stories of lost applications, suppressed information, deceit and bureaucratic mishandling left me wondering if a national apology and compensation were the real issues.
A significant element of Justice Kirby's judgment was his consideration of the National Apology [132] and its impact on legislative interpretation.
The human, moral and symbolic qualities of a national apology were seen to be essential to any adequate response to Bringing Them Home and to any prospect of reconciliation.
It justifies the need for the present representatives of that same society to acknowledge the wrong, to make a formal national apology and provide reparation.
It was commonly reported that feelings about the federal government's refusal to give a national apology were focussed quite personally and directly on the Prime Minister, despite broad media coverage of similar views by others within and outside government.
In my view these criticisms, the absence of a formal, national apology and the repudiation of institutional responsibility are misconceived.
The Prime Minister expressed his personal sense of sorrow for the experiences of Indigenous people, but he did not consider it appropriate to offer a national apology.
Justice Kirby acknowledged that although the National Apology had bipartisan support and «reflects an unusual and virtually unprecedented parliamentary initiative, it does not, as such, have normative legal operation... Yet it is not legally irrelevant to the task presently in hand.
The National Apology acknowledges once again, as the preamble to the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) already did, the wrongs done in earlier times to the indigenous peoples of Australia, including by the law of this country.
Public debate about the lack of a national apology by the federal government made it extremely difficult for Indigenous people working in government positions.
While some people found them a source of encouragement, others strongly disagreed and considered that no reconciliation is possible until a national apology is made.
Commissioner Calma said in his National Press Club address that establishing such a body is the most significant step in reconciliation and resetting the relationship between Government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples since the National Apology.
This week will see a big spotlight on Indigenous health and wellbeing, through the Prime Minister's statement and the 10 year anniversary, tomorrow, of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations.
ATSIC welcomes Mr McMullan's reaffirmation of his leader Kim Beazley's statement during May that a Labor government would sanction a national apology during the first sitting week of a new parliament.
Some might suggest that perceptible progress towards a formal national apology was made on 26 August 1999 when the Commonwealth Parliament endorsed a Motion of Reconciliation.
a national helpline: 1800 21 03 13 (which represents the date of the National Apology for Forced Adoptions)- calls made from a mobile phone may incur additional costs.
The Australian Government acknowledged the first anniversary of the National Apology in the House of Representatives and in the Senate.
An official photostream of images from the National Apology for Forced Adoptions on the 21st of March 2013 in Canberra.
«I was humbled by the bravery of the Survivors of the Stolen Generations as they shared their courageous stories at the Breakfast gathering to commemorate the 9th Anniversary of the National Apology.
The National Apology was recommended in the Senate Community Affairs References Committee report, Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices.
The centrepiece of the first anniversary of the National Apology was the launch of the Forced Adoptions History Project website developed by the National Archives of Australia.
The Government's response to the recommendations of the Senate Inquiry report was announced in March 2013 following the National Apology.
The National Apology was delivered by the Prime Minister in the Great Hall at Parliament House, Canberra.
This message was made in commemoration of the 5th Anniversary of the National Apology for Forced Adoptions by the Jigsaw Queensland and Relationships Australia SA Forced Adoption Support Services.