Richard Marles (Corio, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

The anniversary of the apology reminds us of an event which was very significant and this parliament at its best. It comes as a step in a road which began with a Senate enquiry into children in institutional care, which saw the delivery of a Senate report on 30 August 2004 called Forgotten Australians: A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children. From then until the apology, we have seen a transformation in the way in which this country has viewed this issue and it's a transformation which I've had the honour of seeing personally over that period as part of my journey in respect of this journey.

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