PM Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generations in part “…remove(d) a great stain from the nation’s soul…” but a shadow will remain until governments respond compassionately to the ongoing pain and hurt felt by Indigenous Australians, distinguished former jurist and legal academic Allan Hall says. For too long, legal arguments have trumped the national conscience, social justice, decency and fairness – this should end, and quickly, he says.
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