On 13 February 2008, the Parliament of Australia issued a formal apology to Indigenous Australians for forced removals of Australian Indigenous children from their families by Australian federal and s
Kevin Rudd (on a big screen in Federation Square, Melbourne) apologising to the Stolen Generations
Crowds viewing a public broadcast of the federal parliament's apology in Elder Park, Adelaide
Copy of the apology speech, Parliament House, Canberra
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered the apology on behalf of the nation.
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Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and from June to September 2013, holding office as the leader of
Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples
…to as the Stolen Generations) from their families by Australian federal and state government agencies. The apology was delivered by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and is also referred to as the National Apology, or simply The Apology. The Bringing Them Home (1997) report commissioned by the Keating Labor Government…
Official portrait as ambassador in 2023
Rudd in November 2005
Rudd and Julia Gillard at their first press conference as Leader and Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party, 4 December 2006
Front page of the Northern Territory News announcing Rudd's win, 25 November 2007