True to its word the Rudd Government has begun to progress its promise to say "Sorry".
New Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin will consult with indigenous community leaders about the wording for a formal apology to the Stolen Generation.
The Age article today:
This apology is long overdue and it is good to see this election promise being kept by Federal Labor. It won't stop the depressingly high number of funerals for indigenous Australians who died an early death or redress inequality and the imbalance in opportunity, but hopefully it signals a change in government attitude to the needs and aspirations of indigenous people.
Aunty Della would have been pleased.
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