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newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 29, 2008
On February 13, in the flush of the nation’s new-found sense of momentum and generosity, there wasn’t a lot of scrutiny of what the national apology meant in policy terms for the Stolen Generations. read more
Also tagged: apology, kevin rudd, australian politics, indigenous politics
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 18, 2008
So many armchair activists have been frothing at the mouth about Brendan Nelson’s very sorry speech in Parliament last Wednesday - issuing blank cheque fatwas without even having read the damned thing. read more
Also tagged: speech, featured, federal politics, malcolm turnbull, opposition leader, australian politics, brendan nelson, indigenous australians, sorry day
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 14, 2008
The Herald Sun’s esteemed opinion columnist, Andrew Bolt, is upset. Very, very upset. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to Indigenous Australians seems to have set something off in the poor fellow. He’s so apoplectic …
Also tagged: hero, satire, andrew bolt, sorry, media and culture
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 13, 2008
Kevin Rudd’s finest hour came just weeks into his time as Prime Minister. He will probably never again reach the heights of either oratory or approval that he did today, delivering Parliament’s formal, bi-partisan …
Also tagged: featured, apology, kevin rudd, australian politics, indigenous politics, sorry day
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 13, 2008
"Each generation lives in ignorance of the consequences of its actions," Brendan Nelson said in his speech to Parliament this morning. In this one sentence, the Opposition Leader summed up the denialism that has …
Also tagged: editorial, hero, apology, parliament, sorry, kevin rudd, australian politics, brendan nelson, indigenous australians, sorry day
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 13, 2008
As I email this story to the editor, I am heading to breakfast at my local to watch Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to the stolen generations. Yesterday I was at work at my local high school, where my principal …
Also tagged: media, apology, indigenous, civil society, indigenous politics, sorry day
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 13, 2008
I give notice that, at the next sitting, I will move: That today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. We reflect on their past mistreatment. We reflect in …
Also tagged: hero, sorry, kevin rudd, australian politics