Australia apology to Aborigines

From what i learned about this story is that Australia is announcing its first formal apology to the Aboriginal people and it is aimed at the "Stolen Generations" where Aboriginal children were taken away from their parents to be raised by white families. This awful incident ocurred between 1915 and 1969.

For that the Aboriginal have been seeking a billion-dollar nationwide compensation package,and eventhough this seems like something good that the government could do in order to improve the lives of the aboriginal, "the government has ruled this out, instead promising to fund improved education and health care facilities for Aboriginal communities".



I actually think that eventhough the government has made a formal apology it is not enought to heal the awful years that these people had to go through, and that is why i think that they should have bigger benefits and i do think that they should receive a compensation.





Reference:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7216873.stm

If you want to see more about this case you can look at some videos like for example:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3TZOGpG6cM