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From the Archives, 1998: Thousands say sorry, but not PM
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By Janine McDonald
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Thousands say sorry, but not PM
One year after the stolen generations report, politicians continue to argue over whether to say sorry.
Canberra - The Prime Minister yesterday stood firm in his refusal to make a formal national apology to the Aboriginal “stolen generations”, as thousands of Australians attended Sorry Day ceremonies around the country.
Stan Drydan on National Sorry Day, followed by Lord Mayor Ivan Deveson.
Credit:Heath Missen
State and federal MPs, academics, students, church groups and others apologised for the practice of removing Aboriginal children from their parents.
“Specifically, it gives us a way of identifying barriers, removing barriers and preferably preventing them from being established in the first place.”
The bill defines a barrier as “anything that hinders the full and equal participation in society of a person with an impairment,” and notes it could be “caused by environments, attitudes, practices, policies, information, communications or technologies, and. affected by intersecting forms of discrimination.”
The bill also gives cabinet the power to identify, remove and prevent barriers. It allows for an advisory committee to be struck and for a director to be appointed who can assess fines for certain contraventions of the act.
SHARES If you think you might have COVID symptoms, don’t ignore them, advises Gurleen Kaur, who caught the virus last year. But working two jobs without sick days, she couldn’t help but be delayed in getting tested.
Photo by Christopher Cheung.
Long before her area in Surrey was announced as a virus hotspot, Gurleen Kaur caught COVID-19. She was 21 last summer, working two full-time jobs as a security guard, up to 70 hours a week, with shifts ending as late as 2 a.m.
“I was happy to be making more money,” she said, “but I’d only go to work and straight to home nothing else.”