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Australia to apologise to Aborigines

Australia will issue its first formal apology for past mistreatment to the country’s indigenous people on Feb. 13, a senior minister said Wednesday. Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said the apology to Australia’s so-called “stolen generation” of Aborigines would be the first item of business for the new Labour-dominated Parliament.

“The apology will be made on behalf of the Australian government and does not attribute guilt to the current generation of Australian people,” Macklin said in a statement.

Macklin said she had sought broad input on the wording of the apology, which she hoped would signal the beginning of a new relationship between mainstream Australia and its Aboriginal minority.

“Once we establish this respect, the government can work with indigenous communities to improve services aimed at closing the 17-year life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians,” she said.

Australia’s original inhabitants, Aborigines number about 450,000 among a population of 21 million. Aborigines are the poorest ethnic group in Australia and are most likely to be jailed, unemployed and illiterate.

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