Liberal leader Peter Dutton apologises for walking out of the parliament's formal apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008.
abc.net.au/news/peter-dutton-sorry-for-walking-out-of-stolen-generations-apology/101965798Liberal leader Peter Dutton says he was wrong to boycott the national apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008, and says he is sorry for not supporting it.
"I failed to grasp at the time the symbolic significance to the Stolen Generation of the apology," Mr Dutton said.Mr Dutton has previously acknowledged he made a mistake boycotting the national apology, saying at the time he thought it should be made after the government had closed the gap between outcomes of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people."For some, the apology was something to reject and, of course, we all learn and we all grow," Ms Burney said.
She said Mr Dutton and his party now had a chance to work with the government by supporting the Voice to Parliament in a referendum. "It is a good thing that we grow and we learn, but now we have the chance to do something practical together, to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Australians," she said.
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