Agree IF Rudd PM's government plans apologise to "Stolen Generation" needs apologise to ALL of them,

They seek to claim acceptance for government to qualify rights of Australians by racial testing.

The more things change, the more they stay the same..

by defintion huffpuff, stolen generations were abused through instititional care..its was the government..get it?

TO THOSE THAT HAVE PLACED THE OPINION HERE IM GLADD BUT ITS BEEN REALLY SLOW SO FAR RAINER I KNOW IT WAS ABORIGINIES IN THESE INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS I STIPULATED THAT IN THE FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS TOPIC WE ALL KNOW THAT THE GOVERMENT IS COVERING UP WHAT WE ALL SUFFERED AS I SAID IF IT IS GOOD ENOUGH TO SAY SORRY TO THE ABORINALS IT SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM TO SAY SORRY TO US THE FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS THE TWO SENATE REPORTS THE FIRST CALLED THE FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS A REPORT ON AUSTRALIANS WHO EXPERINCED INSTITUTIONAL OR OUT OF HOME CARE AS CHILDREN AUGUST 2004 THE SECOND CALLED, PROTECTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN; A NATIONAL CHALLANGE SECOND REPORT ON THE INQUIRY INTO CHILDREN IN INSTITUTION OR OUT OF HOME CARE WE VICTIMS HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE FROM AS TO WHAT WE SUFFERED AND WHAT WAS DONE TO US BY THE STAFF OF THESE INSTITUTIONS THAT WERE RUN BY THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND THAT OF OTHER STATES IN AUSTRALIA IM REAL AND ITS ABOUT TIME THOSE OF YOU GET TOGETHER ON THIS AND HELP US FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS AS THE GOVERMENT ARE STILL COVERING UP WHAT HAS HAPPEND TO US ALL WE ARE REAL VICTIMS OF THE GOVERMENT AS THAT OF THE ABORIGINIES AND I ALSO STATE IT WAS ALL RACES WHOM WERE IN THESE INSTITUTIONS NOT JUST ONE COLOUR AND IF ANY OF YOU WANT ME TO QUOTE SOME OF THE STORIES IN THOSE REPORTS I SHALL TO DO IS ASK ME AS THIS ABUSE OCCURRED IN ORPHANAGES GIRLS HOMES BOYS HOMES FOSTER HOMES REMAND CENTRES CHURCH HOMES MENTAL HOMES OUT OF HOME CARE STATE WARD HOMES THE LIST GOES ON AND IF YOU WANT ME TO NAME ALL THE HOMES IN THE REPORT I WILL DO THAT AS WELL IM NOT HERE TO TALK BULL_HIT THIS IS REAL AND A LOT OF YOU KNOW IT THE GOVERMENT CAN CHANGE THE NATIONAL ANTHEN AND THAT IS A PART OF HISTORY WHY NOT RE WRITE HISTORY FOR THE FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS AS THEY ARE DOING IT FOR THE STOLEN GENERATION

Dear huffnpuff (Michael),

If I only could, I would remove all the pain that you're feeling. I would remove every pebble out of your life's path.

You sound so distressed. My heart goes out to you.

I can't even begin to imagine the horrors that you must have gone through.

All I can hope for you is that the new government will acknowledge your suffering officially, along with that of the Aboriginal Peoples.

I pray that you will get the justice that you seek.

My father told me,"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsucceful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."

That is truly awful and of course both Australian and British governments should provide justice and recompense to those children.

Forgive me if I have got this wrong huffnpuff, but I remember seeing a documentary which referred to the Forgotten Children a few years ago. It talked about the children who were forced out from Britain into a home somewhere near Orange I think. I felt truly sad and shocked that something like this could go on under everyone's noses and ignored. I feel for all those people first as children living through this fear and now as adults living with the consequences.

In my experience the best way to bring light to these issues is first via your MP and then if that fails the Media if they are willing to make a story from it.

Best of luck.

Huffnpuff,

I support you absolutely and I've wrote to the previous govt about it. Thanks for reminding me to get off my arse and write to this one. On another thread I've been writing about a friend who was sexually abused by a care worker when he was a ward of the state.

I believe the difference is really about the level of activism and pressure. Once the Commonweath has apologised to the stolen generation it might be easier to get this apology on the table.

For those who haven't read the Forgotten Australians report, it's here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/clac_ctte/inst_care/report/

"by defintion huffpuff, stolen generations were abused through instititional care..its was the government..get it?"
Ranier,
The Forgotten Australians senate committee recommended:
"That the Commonwealth Government issue a formal statement acknowledging, on behalf of the nation, the hurt and distress suffered by many children in institutional care, particularly the children who were victims of abuse and assault; and apologising for the harm caused to these children."

Some state governments have already apologised - Queensland definitely has, I'm pretty sure Victoria has. Some of the churches and charitable institions who abused children have too. However, the last federal government ignored this recommendation.

So, in response to your statement, it was the government in this instance too. I'm not sure exactly what your point was, but I think Huffnpuff "gets it."