“Language has not the power to speak what love indites:
The soul lies buried in the ink that writes”
John Clare

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2008 The Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

2009 The Apology to the Forgotten Australians & Former Child Migrants - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

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2013 National Apology for Forced Adoption - Prime Minister Julia Gillard

2013 National Apology for Forced Adoption - Prime Minister Julia Gillard

2023 National Apology to all Australians Impacted by the Thalidomide Tragedy  - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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2018 National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse - Prime Minister Scott Morrison