This has been such a long time coming, and I can’t tell you how happy and relieved I am about this:
‘We will say sorry’: Rudd – Federal Election 2007 News – FederalElection2007
KEVIN Rudd has vowed to act quickly after he is sworn in as prime minister to make a formal apology to Aboriginal Australians on behalf of the nation.
I’m pleased that Australia has a new Prime Minister, that we have an opportunity to take a fresh look at issues which have haunted Australian politics for more than a decade.
I remember “Walking for Reconciliation” in 2000. I remember personally approaching an Aboriginal artist performing in Adelaides mall and saying “Sorry”. I remember John Howard, tirelessly claiming that we didn’t do it, and therefore we didn’t have anything to be sorry for.
Mr Howard, you were wrong. We, as a country did do it and we should have apologised long ago, and I look forward to this now coming day with hope.
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