Motion not enough: Beazley Source: SMH | Published: Thursday August 26 1:22:50 PM Opposition Leader Kim Beazley today said Prime Minister John Howard did not go far enough with his expression of deep and sincere regret to indigenous Australians. Mr Beazley moved a number of amendments to Mr Howard's motion to ensure it contained an unreserved apology and reference to adequate compensation. His amendment calls for the motion to: "unreservedly apologise to indigenous Australians for the injustice they have suffered and for the hurt and trauma that many indigenous people continue to suffer as a consequence of that injustice." Mr Beazley said the stolen generation was not a matter of historical record, but contemporary history which extended well into the 1970s and the lives of many current politicians. He criticised Mr Howard for forcing Australia's indigenous people to assume responsibility for the wording of the prime minister's motion. "It is unfair to make them the arbitrators of our apology," he told parliament. "That is our job. That is the job of every person in this house. It is unfair to compromise them in relation to other members of the Aboriginal community for whom this will not be satisfactory." ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/