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THERE is no one simple angle to take on tomorrow’s apology by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to members of the Stolen Generations and their descendants and families on behalf of the Parliament of Australia.

Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history.
We reflect on their past mistreatment.
We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations – this blemished chapter in our nation’s history.

is Australia apologising so as not to pay reparations/compensation to the victims of the settler crimes?
HERALD SUN: But Opposition justice spokesman Christopher Pyne called on the Government to release legal advice it claims shows the apology would not open the door to payouts.
“The Coalition has always said the danger of an apology is the potential [...]

“Unfortunately our standing orders don’t provide for that to be a possibility, I know that did occur in some of the state Parliaments, but it’s just not possible,” he said.
and that’s Leader of the House, Anthony Albanese speaking

By ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press Writer
Australia will issue its first formal apology its indigenous people next month, the government announced Wednesday, a milestone that could ease tensions with a minority whose mixed-blood children were once taken away on the premise that their race was doomed.

Aljazeera: The Australian [LIBERAL!] government has rejected a multi-million dollar compensation demand for Aboriginal children taken from their families, known as the ’stolen generation’.
Kevin Rudd, the Australia prime minister, is preparing a national apology to Aborigines to be delivered when parliament resumes next month.

CricInfo: “This is what happened before our confrontation,” Symonds said in the Herald Sun. “Brett Lee had just sent down a delivery and Harbhajan took off down the wicket. When he was returning to his crease, he decided to hit Brett on the backside. I have no idea why he did it.