James H wrote:
They were removed because they were at risk!

This is not true.
The thought behind the "policy" was to deliberately remove all "half-caste" children.
Please read about the "Aboriginal Protection Act" and learn about its purpose!

Most on here are concerned about compensation, money "Handouts".

Could it be your jumping the gun here, as those I know of the stolen generation (One being a mate), have moved on and got over the pain of the experience,though still remember.

To the most on here, where you not taught as a child when you had done wrong to say Sorry!

Talking of Money Col Rouge takes the biscuit. An economic refugee from the UK!

Ron H,

Particularly to remove the half-caste children, yes! Because they were the ones most at risk. They were the ones first left to starve in the hard times.

The society from which they were removed was, and is, far more racist than ours. The society from which they were removed was not above a bit of ethnic cleansing.

How long will it be before the Howard period (1996-2007) is regarded as the Golden Age?

Ah! yes the Howard golden age! Lies, Lies and Lies.

Get over it! You Lost!

Now calm, reality and common sense has returned to Australia.

We are now once again Australians, and not being treated as subjects of manipulation.

I wonder if Steven will put his hand up for a slice of 'compo'.....

From his well educated position.. which of course was one of the 'awful results' of being removed from a situation of questionable circumstances?

Sorry old son.. there is no such thing as the politicized 'stolen' generation.. where was a PERIOD when government policy was aimed at preventing the social marginalization of mixed blood children... and apparently also a policy of affirmative assimilation, the extent of which I don't know.

The point is... there is not "a" STOLEN generation.. that is an outright politicized term, which was used to considerable effect to get Labor elected..and now you are already seeing just HOW much of a politicized idea it is, as Rudd the dudd pulls back from some aspects of that politicization.

Never..NEVER believe politicians when they tell you what you want to hear :)

Finally.. SUDDENLY...it IS about money? shock horror.. I did NOT see that coming.. even though many many voices predicted it..and many other indigenous voices denied it.. welllllll.. now.. *voila* suddenly out of the blue.. THREE BILLION ?

I don't have a problem with paying unpaid wages with interest.. to indigenous workers.. but this idea of "compensation for the 'stolen' generation" is just a cash grab.

1/ Invent a political term u can use.
2/ When you have fully developed it... then cash in.

yep.. I think that's how it goes.

Tell u what Steven.. lets put 3 billion into Indigenous HEALTH aah.. then I'll agree.