He (gorton) Is Not Fit To Hold

Reconciliation Requires Changes Of Heart And Spirit, As Well As Social And Economic Change. It Requires Symbolic As Well As Practical Action.

The Great Task Of Statesmanship Is To Apply Past Lessons To New Situations, To Draw Correct Analogies To Understand And Act Upon Present Forces, To Recognise The Need For Change.

Sorry Day Falls On The Eve Of Reconciliation Week, Giving Us The Chance To Ask Whether We Are Making Progress In The Wider Challenge Of Reconciling Indigenous And Other Australians.

Last Year The National Sorry Day Committee Consulted With Stolen Generations People In Every State And Territory, And Concluded That Programmes Set Up In Response To The Bringing Them Home Report Are Reaching Only A Small Fraction Of Those They Are Intended To Help.

There Are No Quick Fixes To Indigenous Poverty And Social Disaster.