Rudd: on their past mistreatment.

Prime Minister (Hon Kevin Rudd MP): "Mr Speaker, I move:
That today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

We reflect on their past mistreatment.
We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations - this blemished chapter in our nation's history.
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.

We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australian

We the Parliament of Australia respectfully request that this apology be received in the spirit in which it is offered as part of the healing of the nation.
For the future we take heart; resolving that this new page in the history of our great continent can now be written.
Last year I made a commitment to the Australian people that if we formed the next government of the Commonwealth, we would in parliament say sorry to the stolen generations.

Today I honour that commitment.

Uluru Statement from the Heart.

Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tribes were the first sovereign Nations of the Australian continent and its adjacent islands, and possessed it under our own laws and customs.
With substantive constitutional change and structural reform, we believe this ancient sovereignty can shine through as a fuller expression of Australia’s nationhood.

We seek a Makarrata Commission to supervise a process of agreement-making between governments and First Nations and truth-telling about our history.

One has to remember that these very same people refused to recognise Torres Straight Islanders as part of Aboriginal Australia until Marbo happened, then, they suddenly became Long lost brothers.

As far as I can see what they are asking for has already happened, twice. How many more times has White Australia got to grovel to the Redfern Mob.

Indy: your idea of an aboriginal is they have to look like Truganini,

No, Truganini belongs to the Original inhabitants going back 80 to 60000 years. She was not of the same Race as the Later
Aboriginals. See The DNA difference Bottom corner of WA as well.

Josephus,

I note that SR keeps demanding that you respond to a quote he has which he thinks exonerates all aboriginals for all time, negating all other information that we have about the true nature of the pre-1788 stone age peoples.

You'll note that SR doesn't provide a URL for the quote he has and I can tell you from experience that when SR doesn't provide a link its because he's hiding something that doesn't suit his claims. Yes, I know....not the least ethical but very SR.

Here's the link. Read it and you'll see how SR has selectively quoted.....

http://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/2011/12/purposive-killing-infanticide-and.html

I find it more than a little amusing that we have all these good folk who preen themselves as being good humanitarians as regards the poor downtrodden natives, yet, when we point out the misery of aboriginal women perpetrated at the hands of the aboriginal men, they ignore the misery and hurry to defend and excuse the men.

It seems #metoo doesn't matter when it comes to the suffering of aboriginal women. They defend the rights of the males to practice their 60000 yr old culture on the bodies of the females.

That, apparently, is being anti-racist

mhaze, Europeans have carried out infanticide and euthanasia since the year dot. Unwanted babies were left at the church steps, or abandoned in the street. Old people left to starve to death. Abortions the modern way to deal with what's unwanted. Èuthanasia now being legalized has been common practice in hospitals for years. What culture hasn't practiced these things in one form or another. The Romans and Greeks garrotted the unwanted as did the Egyptians. Got anything new?

What culture hasn't practiced these things in one form or another.
Paul1405,
Yes, even the Aborigines had their way to leave the old & sick behind to die & early explores reported seeing unwanted babies being roasted just like it it happened in Russia during the revolution.