Sorry Day

2022 - 5 - 26

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It's time Australian states raised the age of criminal responsibility (The Canberra Times)

Incoming Indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney herself said Labor was committed to raising the age, but we need a firm commitment that it will be raised to ...

It's time to raise the age to at least 14. Incoming Indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney herself said Labor was committed to raising the age, but we need a firm commitment that it will be raised to 14, at the very least. This supportive and therapeutic approach - helping guide kids to make good choices - is what diversion programs, rather than prison, offer. You may mete out a punishment that helps them understand that stealing is wrong. Imagine for a moment you had a young person in your life. Now that we have a new federal government, there is a strong role for them to play in this by properly funding diversion programs and showing leadership for the states and territories.

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National Sorry Day: Three stories of survival as we pause to ... (Eternity News)

Two years ago, Eternity asked Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Christians, who had grown up since the Stolen Generation, to reflect on where they were, ...

The second, is a tough read and a must-read. But we were actually part of the Stolen Generation, May shares how she was taken from her mother to Bombaderry. Several years ago, Eternity published a prayer for National Sorry Day that had been prepared by the Wontulp-Bi-Buya Indigenous Theology Working Group in 1997.

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National Sorry Day Australia: Date, how to celebrate (Newsd.in)

This day is intended as a day of national reflection and apology for past wrongs. It's also a day to promote understanding and reconciliation between Indigenous ...

Personally, I think that National Sorry Day is a day where we come together and apologize for the things that we have done wrong. This day is a time for reflection and healing, and it is an opportunity to recommit ourselves to building a better future. National Sorry Day Australia is a day to come together and apologize for our past mistakes. It is also a day to learn from our past and make sure that we don’t make the same mistakes in the future. National Sorry Day is a day to come together and apologize for our past mistakes. National Sorry Day is an important day for all Australians to remember the pain and suffering that has been inflicted on our country’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week (The National Tribune)

The St Vincent de Paul Society has a long history of partnering with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia to support the provision ...

‘It is shameful that in a country as wealthy as Australia, First Nations peoples continue to face entrenched inequality and poorer life outcomes in such key areas as health, education, economic development and justice,’ Ms Victory said. The St Vincent de Paul Society has a long history of partnering with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia to support the provision of food relief, material assistance and social services. ‘As Australia marks its 24th National Sorry Day, it is timely to reflect on the history and continued effect of the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from their land, families, communities and culture,’ National President Ms Claire Victory said.

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Burnet support for National Reconciliation Week (Mirage News)

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to reflect on what reconciliation means to us and how we can contribute to achieving.

Our vision for reconciliation is to work with and alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People to improve health outcomes for all Australians. National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to reflect on what reconciliation means to us and how we can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. It is a time to learn about shared cultures, histories and achievements as we strive for a more inclusive Australia.

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National Sorry Day is a day to commemorate. But 'sorry' is not enough (The New Daily)

Sorry Day also commemorates the continuity of injustice borne by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Remembering is the least we can do.

Beginning in the late 19th century, the “protection” era involved controlling every aspect of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s lives. A key recommendation of the report was that reparations be made. The notion they were ever intended to enjoy the same rights and privileges as white folk is a lie. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had no say on this policy, nor any freedom to decline it. The survivors of this frontier violence were then subject to “protection” policies. While this is a national day of commemoration, shamefully, it barely rates a mention in the media.

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Randwick flags to fly at half-mast for National Sorry Day (City Hub Sydney)

Flags at Randwick's Town Hall will fly at half-mast on Thursday to mark National Sorry Day after councillors observed a minute's silence a...

Randwick to display Uluru Statement from the Heart posters for National Sorry Day In addition to the flags flying at half-mast at Town Hall, council will also display posters of the Uluru Statement from the Heart across Randwick. The report, which came as the result of a government inquiry, found that between one in three and one in ten Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their communities between 1910 and 1970, and that most families have been affected, in at least one generation, by the forcible removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

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Be brave, make change: National Reconciliation Week launches in ... (Media Statements)

Minister for Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships The Honourable Craig Crawford.

National Reconciliation Week starts on May 27, which is the 55th anniversary of the 1967 referendum to recognised for the first time Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australian law. The theme of this year’s National Reconciliation Week challenges us all to “be brave and make change”. Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Craig Crawford said the week shines a light on the efforts towards reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous peoples.

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Stolen Generations survivor Aunty Lindy Lawler speaks on her path ... (ABC News)

Aunty Lindy Lawler and her twin sister suffered horrible abuse after being stolen from their parents as babies. As she heals from the trauma, she wants to ...

"And my father, well we never got to meet him, we only heard stories about him. I can still see what she did to us," Aunty Lindy said. "We would go straight to the wood panel and bite on the wood to stop the pain in our hands, cause we weren't allowed to speak, scream or do nothing," she said. "She would line us up in front of the gas stove, and just light the gas and the flames would come up. "I remember we crawled along the floor going into the cupboards to find something to eat, then going into other cupboards to try and find food," she said. She said the woman would see them on the floor going for the cupboards, "only because we wanted something to eat, we didn't know it was a bad thing to do'."

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National Sorry Day reflection piece (Mirage News)

The formal apology issued by then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in 2008 was a significant milestone in a number of crucial steps taken by the broader.

My grandmother and other community members understood the importance of adapting to change and understood facilitating children acquiring education was crucial. In fact, I suspect one of the non-Aboriginal administrators when becoming aware of my grandmother’s attempt to contact her daughter facilitated the reconnection. Therefore, since the early 1970’s children where sent to boarding schools in Darwin and Alice Springs. First Nations Australians do not desire to experience the poverty cycle; the poverty cycle is not normal for First Nations Australians standards and that your fellow First Nations Australians too are trying to overcome a cycle which was imposed, is foreign and which they have no prior experience with. At the height of the emotionally charged national discourse around the merits and non-merits of the removal policies, I decided to approach The Weekend Australian with a proposal to profile my grandmother and mother who pioneered the Stolen Generation movement in the Northern Territory. What The Weekend Australian article does not mention, is my mother remained very close with a number of the non-Aboriginal administrators of the Retta Dixon home (the home in which my mother along with other children were taken after being removed). She showed no malice towards them.

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