Australia to Apologize to Aborigines

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia will issue its first formal apology to its indigenous people next month, the government announced Wednesday, a milestone that could ease tensions with a minority whose mixed-blood children were once taken away on the premise that their race was doomed.

The Feb. 13 apology to the so-called "stolen generations" of Aborigines will be the first item of business for the new Parliament, Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, whose Labor Party won November elections, had promised to push for an apology, an issue that has divided Australians for a decade,

"The apology will be made on behalf of the Australian government and does not attribute guilt to the current generation of Australian people," Macklin said in a statement.

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for the destruction of a generation. It wasn't us, and all those money-hungry aborigines will sue us! So it's us taking the blame for something we didn't do, whaa, whaaaaaaaaa!"

A change of government means they can officially shut the Fuck up.

:)

Yay!

As I understand Aboriginals still don't have many rights and are actually prohibted from alcohol comsuption in certain areas.