The minister for Indigenous Australians says those parliamentarians who walked out on the apology to the stolen generations should avoid taking similar actions against the Voice.
Linda Burney made the comments during an event in Canberra marking the anniversary of the apology.abc.net.au/news/linda-burney-warns-apology-boycott-not-to-make-same-mistake/101963542Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney has warned those who boycotted the apology to the stolen generations 15 years ago to not repeat the mistakes of the past when it comes to a Voice to Parliament.
Peter Dutton was the only Coalition frontbencher to walk out of parliament during the 2008 apology to the stolen generationsOpposition Leader Peter Dutton was the only Coalition frontbencher to walk out of parliament when then-prime minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised to the stolen generations in 2008.he regarded it as "something which was not going to deliver tangible outcomes to kids who are being raped and tortured in communities in the 21st century".
"I know that some people who boycotted that historic day in 2008 have since expressed their regret," she said."And I say to those people — don't make the same mistake again."Ms Burney said the apology was not just an acknowledgement of past government errors, but also a promise to close the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.
"The apology was an acknowledgement that over decades, governments of different persuasions failed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples," she said."We still haven't fulfilled that commitment to do better."
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