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About National Apology Day in Australia

National Apology Day began in 2008 and it is the day the people and government Australia set aside each year to acknowledge the injustices visited upon the aborigines people, the original inhabitants of Australia. Australian Parliaments, police forces, churches and other involved nongovernment agencies officially acknowledge the responsibility of their predecessors for the laws, policies and practices of forcible removal, and issue an apology in recognition of this responsibility. It was also recommended that apologies be accompanied by appropriate reparations.

The National Sorry Day Committee (NSDC) holds annual celebratory events on the Anniversary of the Apology February 13th each year as a mark of respect of the achievement that was the apology to the Stolen Generations, but also as an act of reminder to the broader public, to the country's politicians and policy makers, that sorry is more than a word, and that communities, Stolen Generations focused community and peak body organizations, and government politicians and policy makers must continue to work together in order to achieve key outcomes for the Stolen Generations.

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