There is an famous statistic missing from the Closing the Gap report and its absence masks a major crisis facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander familiesSaturday marks the eight-year anniversary of the national apology to the stolen generations. It was a speech that captured the spirit of a moment – that the time had come to acknowledge the devastating impact the assimilationist policy of removing Aboriginal children from their families had inflicted.
It was a time to beget a promise,as the then prime minister Kevin Rudd said, to memorize from the mistakes of the past. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com