Australian parliament apologises

[Aidan Wilson]

Not quite directly related to indigenous languages or technology, as 
such, but just thought the non-Australians on this list might be 
interested to hear that the newly elected Australian government, as 
their first act of Parliament, officially apologised to the members of 
what has become known as the 'stolen generations', the result of racist 
policies that saw many indigenous children indiscriminately taken from 
their communities between about 1910 and 1970. The rough analogue of 
Canada's Indian Residential Schools.

Full coverage, including the text of the apology, and the subsequent 
speeches made by the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition, 
the opposition that refused to apologise in the 11 years that they 
formed government, is all available at:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/apology/

Cheers,

-Aidan