'Federal parliament has marked the anniversary of the national apology to Australia's Stolen Generations.'
'It has been 14 years since former prime minister Kevin Rudd delivered his apology to the Stolen Generations from parliament house. Words which were longed for by survivors and descendants of horrific government policies and which echo through to today.'
'I ACKNOWLEDGE the Ngunnawal and Ngambri traditional owners, and their Elders past and present. I thank them for their hospitality and care of Country.
'Speech is silver but silence is golden so I'll make this address short.
'I woke up in my hotel this morning and saw Parliament House outside my window, with the blue Australian ensign flying in the breeze. A glorious sight to many. But for an Aboriginal person, especially a cultural Aboriginal person. the sight gave me no thrill.' (Introduction)
