Sorry is an opportunity for a new beginning
When the first Europeans settled here, they did not recognise - as we have difficulty recognising for ourselves today - the depth and extent of their ignorance of this land and its people. The ‘Bringing Them Home’ report has confronted us all with the worst of our treatment of the Aboriginal nations of this country - our treatment of their, our children.
We are also confronted by our poor treatment of this land. We are sorry for what we have done nad we are sorry for what we have failed to do. We want today to be a new beginning in our relationship with the people who were here before the rest of us came. We hope you will accept our words of apology and begin the new journey with us so that together we can build a new hope, a new equity, and a sacred trust for our land.
