Australia Quote by Kevin Rudd

We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow…

— Kevin Rudd

As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest…

— Kevin Rudd

“No Australian today is responsible for what happened on our colonial frontier. But we are responsible for not acknowledging what happened. If we do…

— Timothy Bottoms

Learning about our past is definitely important, not only for Australians but people around the world. It's something that Australia should never be ashamed…

— Patty Mills

The Apology opened the opportunity for a new relationship based on mutual respect and mutual responsibility between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia. Because without mutual…

— Kevin Rudd

“The enigma that had bothered me in Sydney was beginning to resolve itself. If Australians allowed themselves to be represented worldwide as a nation…

— Ted Simon

To the former child migrants, who came to Australia from a home far away, led to believe this land would be a new beginning,…

— Malcolm Turnbull

I am deeply committed to the cause of Indigenous Australians, and not just because of the Apology, but the big challenges which lie ahead…

— Kevin Rudd

These are important reforms. Infrastructure, education, health, hospitals, closing the gap with indigenous Australians. Also the Apology to the first Australians. As Prime Minister…

— Kevin Rudd

If I am wrong and you are right then the democratic process of the Australian community will vindicate you and condemn me.

— John Howard

I think that it's high time that the Prime Minister stopped making excuses for bad policy and started listening to the forgotten families of…

— Tony Abbott

Australians are decent people with the right instincts and they wish everybody well; but if all is not well, it is none of their…

— George Mikes