See www.journofhealing.com/kim.htm It is his press release and speech a couple of days before Sorry Day this year.
I was impressed at the speech, he waited around until EVERYONE had left virtually. Plus he called me 'gentleman'; in my opshop pants, grey beret, well worn JoH tshirt... Gave me a smile ;) peace on 22/10/01 3:38 AM, Trudy Bray at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Beazley keen to say sorry > From AAP > 22oct01 > > LABOR would join state governments in making a formal apology to the stolen > generations if > it was elected on November 10, Opposition leader Kim Beazley has said. > > The new Labor government in the Northern Territory is expected to pass a > parliamentary > motion on Wednesday to apologise to the stolen generations. > > Mr Beazley said the House of Representatives would join the Senate and all > state parliaments in > apologising to indigenous children who were removed from their families if > Labor won the > federal election on November 10. > > "The only parliamentary institution now which has not formally apologised to > the stolen > generation ... is the House of Representatives," Mr Beazley said on Perth > radio > 6PR. > > "And I think that sticks out unconscionably and we will do that." > > Mr Beazley said there was no fear an apology would lead to litigation by the > victims. > > "In the court case that has preceded there is no implication in an apology in > the parliament for > any litigation, none whatsoever," he said. > > © 2001 Herald and Weekly Times > > http://heraldsun.news.com.au/printpage/0,5481,3097580,00.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/ until 11 March, 2001 and Recoznettwo is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznettwo%40green.net.au/ from that date. 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."
