Society

Saying ‘Sorry’ marks a new dawn in Australian history

In a move to distant itself from the Howard government, the new Rudd government will use the first sitting of Federal Parliament to formally make an apology to the ‘Stolen Generations’ with one of its proponent declaring it a ‘historic moment’ for Australia.

The National Assembly of the Uniting Church issued a detailed apology to the Indigenous people in 1994, including reference to the Stolen Generations. In 1998 the General Synod of the Anglican Church expressed an apology while The Christian Missionary Society (CMS) discussed the question of an apology with the communities with which they work in the Northern Territory. The outcome of these discussions was an apology printed in the Autumn 1998 Checkpoints magazine.

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3,000 Pray and Protest Against the Decriminalisation of Abortion in Victoria

An estimated 3,000 people gathered on Oct 5th outside the Victorian Parliament to Pray and Protest against the..

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