Joanna Gash (Gilmore, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

recognises the extent of abuse and neglect inflicted on Australian children who were placed in the care of the Government in institutions or out of home care during the last century;

(2)

acknowledges the neglect of all governments that allowed this abuse, pain and suffering to continue for so many years;

(3)

condemns the Government for failing to apologise to these forgotten Australians whose lives have been adversely affected as a result of their childhood abuse; and

(4)

calls on the Government to issue an unequivocal apology immediately to all victims of such abuse.

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