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Australian Parliament Apology to Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants (16 November 2009)
- From
- 16 November 2009
- To
- 16 November 2009
- Website
- http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/national_apology/index
On 16 November 2009, the Australian Parliament issued an apology to Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants.
Publications
Newspaper Articles
- Turnbull, Malcolm, 'Malcolm Turnbull apology to Forgotten Australians', The Australian, 16 November 2009. Details
Online Resources
- Parliament of Australia Senate, Forgotten Australians: A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children, Senate Community Affairs References Committee, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/report/index.htm. Details
- Parliament of Australia Senate, Lost Innocents: Righting the Record Report on Child Migration, Community Affairs References Committee, Senate Printing Unit, Canberra, 2001, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/completed_inquiries/1999-02/child_migrat/report/index.htm. Details
- Rudd, Kevin, Address at the apology to the Forgotten Australians and former child migrants Great Hall, Parliament House, Commonwealth of Australia, 16 November 2009, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/110625/20091116-1801/www.pm.gov.au/node/6321.html. Details
- Senate Community Affairs Committee, 'Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05', in Forgotten Australians: A report on Australians who experienced institution or out-of-home care as children, Parliament of Australia Senate, Commonwealth of Australia, 17 March 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- Senate Community Affairs References Committee Secretariat, Parliament of Australia, Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians Revisited: Report on the progress with the implementation of the recommendations of the Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians Reports, Parliament of Australia website, Commonwealth of Australia, 25 June 2009, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2008-10/recs_lost_innocents_forgotten_aust_rpts/report/index. Details
- Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs, 'Protecting vulnerable children: a national challenge', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care (2003 - 2004), Commonwealth of Australia, 17 March 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/report2/index.htm. Details
Photos
- Title
- Prime Minister says sorry
- Type
- Video
- Date
- 15 November 2009
- Source
- Posted on Youtube by NewsOnABC
Details
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill and Debra Rosser
Created: 22 August 2012, Last modified: 24 February 2015