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| The [[Howard government]] rejected some elements of the findings of the ''National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families'', notably the recommendation for an "apology". [[John Herron (Australian politician)|John Herron]], then Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, said "the government does not support an official national apology. Such an apology could imply that present generations are in some way responsible and accountable for the actions of earlier generations; actions that were sanctioned by the laws of the time and that were believed to be in the best interests of the children concerned".<ref name=brennan2008/> Prime Minister [[John Howard]] believed that the term "apology" would suggest inter-generational guilt, and therefore left out the word "sorry" from his [[Motion of Reconciliation]].<ref name=brennan2008/> | The [[Howard government]] rejected some elements of the findings of the ''National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families'', notably the recommendation for an "apology". [[John Herron (Australian politician)|John Herron]], then Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, said "the government does not support an official national apology. Such an apology could imply that present generations are in some way responsible and accountable for the actions of earlier generations; actions that were sanctioned by the laws of the time and that were believed to be in the best interests of the children concerned".<ref name=brennan2008/> Prime Minister [[John Howard]] believed that the term "apology" would suggest inter-generational guilt, and therefore left out the word "sorry" from his [[Motion of Reconciliation]].<ref name=brennan2008/> |
| Other criticisms centred on the evidentiary standards applied. The Inquiry had sought to provide an opportunity to discover the experiences of people removed from their families. It was anticipated that given the trauma witnesses had experienced that they would be at risk of further trauma if they were to be [[cross examination|cross examined]] on their testimony and their evidence challenged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hreoc.gov.au/Social_Justice/bth_report/report/ch1_part1.html|title= Bringing them Home - The Report|accessdate= 26 April 2008|year= 1997|publisher= Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission|quote=I know people who have become extremely distraught at the thought of this inquiry ... If people have been traumatised and are still suffering from the effects of that trauma, they are re-traumatised every time something reminds them of the trauma, even people who have made some degree of recovery. And that is the case in any situation where there is a [[post-traumatic stress disorder]]. Things that remind people of the trauma will bring back memories of the trauma and severe distress (Jane McKendrick, Victorian Aboriginal Mental Health Network, evidence 310).}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hreoc.gov.au/Social_Justice/bth_report/report/ch1_part1.html|title= Bringing them Home - The Report|accessdate= 26 April 2008|year= 1997|publisher= Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission|quote=The nature of the Inquiry process and of the information sought and provided meant that evidence and submissions could not be tested as thoroughly as would occur in a courtroom. ... We carefully report what we have heard so that the community generally will know the different perspectives on what has occurred. We also sought out independent sources where possible and include them in this report. We have ensured that our findings, conclusions and recommendations are supported by the overwhelming weight of the evidence.}}</ref> Acting on this judgment the report, ''Bringing them Home'' was written on the evidence presented. Among a number of criticisms of the report, also reflected in the arguments of those arguing the impact of the events described were exaggerated or minimising or denying their occurrence this "failure" to "prove the evidence" was considered critical, a number of other criticisms were made, chief among the critics were [[John Herron (Australian politician)|John Herron]]<ref name="herron">[https://web.archive.org/web/2006061...-submission-on-stolen-generations-summary.doc Senator the Hon John Herron, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs to the Senate Legal And Constitutional References Committee, "Inquiry Into The Stolen Generation", Federal Government Submission, March 2000]</ref> and [[Ron Brunton]].<ref>{{cite book|last= Brunton |first= Ron |author-link= Ron Brunton|title= Betraying the Victim: The Stolen Generations Report|url= http://www.ipa.org.au/files/IPABackgrounder10-1.pdf|accessdate= 15 July 2008|series= IPA Backgrounder|volume = 10|issue = 1|year=1998|publisher= Institute of Public Affairs Ltd|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061012011857/http://www.ipa.org.au/files/IPABackgrounder10-1.pdf |url-status= dead |archivedate=12 October 2006}}</ref><ref name="letters">{{Cite journal |last=Brunton |first=Ron |author-link=Ron Brunton |title=Letters to the Editor |journal=[[Indigenous Law Bulletin]] |volume=4 |issue=14 |pages=23 |year=1998 |url=http://www.austlii.org/au/journals/ILB/1998/68.html |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414084308/http://www.austlii.org/au/journals/ILB/1998/68.html |archive-date=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead}})</ref> | Other criticisms centred on the evidentiary standards applied. The Inquiry had sought to provide an opportunity to discover the experiences of people removed from their families. It was anticipated that given the trauma witnesses had experienced that they would be at risk of further trauma if they were to be [[cross examination|cross examined]] on their testimony and their evidence challenged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hreoc.gov.au/Social_Justice/bth_report/report/ch1_part1.html|title= Bringing them Home - The Report|accessdate= 26 April 2008|year= 1997|publisher= Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission|quote=I know people who have become extremely distraught at the thought of this inquiry ... If people have been traumatised and are still suffering from the effects of that trauma, they are re-traumatised every time something reminds them of the trauma, even people who have made some degree of recovery. And that is the case in any situation where there is a [[post-traumatic stress disorder]]. Things that remind people of the trauma will bring back memories of the trauma and severe distress (Jane McKendrick, Victorian Aboriginal Mental Health Network, evidence 310).}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hreoc.gov.au/Social_Justice/bth_report/report/ch1_part1.html|title= Bringing them Home - The Report|accessdate= 26 April 2008|year= 1997|publisher= Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission|quote=The nature of the Inquiry process and of the information sought and provided meant that evidence and submissions could not be tested as thoroughly as would occur in a courtroom. ... We carefully report what we have heard so that the community generally will know the different perspectives on what has occurred. We also sought out independent sources where possible and include them in this report. We have ensured that our findings, conclusions and recommendations are supported by the overwhelming weight of the evidence.}}</ref> Acting on this judgment the report, ''Bringing them Home'', was written on the evidence presented. Among a number of criticisms of the report, also reflected in the arguments of those arguing the impact of the events described were exaggerated or minimising or denying their occurrence this "failure" to "prove the evidence" was considered critical, a number of other criticisms were made, chief among the critics were [[John Herron (Australian politician)|John Herron]]<ref name="herron">[https://web.archive.org/web/2006061...-submission-on-stolen-generations-summary.doc Senator the Hon John Herron, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs to the Senate Legal And Constitutional References Committee, "Inquiry Into The Stolen Generation", Federal Government Submission, March 2000]</ref> and [[Ron Brunton]].<ref>{{cite book|last= Brunton |first= Ron |author-link= Ron Brunton|title= Betraying the Victim: The Stolen Generations Report|url= http://www.ipa.org.au/files/IPABackgrounder10-1.pdf|accessdate= 15 July 2008|series= IPA Backgrounder|volume = 10|issue = 1|year=1998|publisher= Institute of Public Affairs Ltd|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061012011857/http://www.ipa.org.au/files/IPABackgrounder10-1.pdf |url-status= dead |archivedate=12 October 2006}}</ref><ref name="letters">{{Cite journal |last=Brunton |first=Ron |author-link=Ron Brunton |title=Letters to the Editor |journal=[[Indigenous Law Bulletin]] |volume=4 |issue=14 |pages=23 |year=1998 |url=http://www.austlii.org/au/journals/ILB/1998/68.html |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414084308/http://www.austlii.org/au/journals/ILB/1998/68.html |archive-date=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead}})</ref> |
| A number of responses, some critical, responded to the points raised Herron and Brunton.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wootten |first=Hal |title=Ron Brunton & Bringing Them Home |journal= Indigenous Law Bulletin | volume = 4 | issue = 12 | pages = 4–8 | year = 1998 | url = http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/ILB/1998/44.html }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Read |first = Peter | title = After "Bringing them home" | journal = Mots Pluriels | issue = 7 | year = 1998 | url = http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP798pr.html }}</ref> Many of these arguments continue into the present around the formal apology to the Stolen Generations of 13 February 2008. | A number of responses, some critical, responded to the points raised Herron and Brunton.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wootten |first=Hal |title=Ron Brunton & Bringing Them Home |journal= Indigenous Law Bulletin | volume = 4 | issue = 12 | pages = 4–8 | year = 1998 | url = http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/ILB/1998/44.html }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Read |first = Peter | title = After "Bringing them home" | journal = Mots Pluriels | issue = 7 | year = 1998 | url = http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP798pr.html }}</ref> Many of these arguments continue into the present around the formal apology to the Stolen Generations of 13 February 2008. |
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