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The Aboriginal people are justified in asking the Australian Government to acknowledge the atrocities of the past and say sorry. Do you agree?
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Aboriginal leaders all around Australia are constantly putting the Australian Government under pressure for the dark chapters in Australian History. It seems that all are waiting for the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Federal Liberal Government to say ‘sorry’ to the stolen generation and all those affected by the past policies of removing Aboriginal children from their families. There is no doubt that these children, commonly known as the ‘stolen children’, have suffered to a great extend but John Howard should not be oblige to apologise for something he is not personally and directly responsible for. Australian’s Aboriginal Affairs Minister have also reported that the number of aboriginal families affected by the policy were slim and not a ‘generation’ as claimed. The formal apology is inappropriate because it could open a floodgate of legal actions from members of the so called “stolen generation” that could cost taxpayers millions of dollars in compensation. However, there is no doubt that there must be a real reconciliation between white Australians and Aboriginal Australians but it needs to be in such a way that won’t damage the white’s society. The formal apology will, in several ways do just that. There has been much debate over how many children were really taken by the Assimilation Policy. A common belief was that generations and generations of aboriginals were ‘stolen’. However, Howard’s Former Aboriginal Affairs Minister, John Herron has reported that the Government’s program of ‘Assimilation’ in the 1940’s and 50’s was much exaggerated by Aboriginal leaders. He argued on behalf of the Government that it was wrong to refer to the children as the stolen ‘generation’ and says only 1 in 10 Aboriginal children of the day were involved.
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