Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apology speech
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- February 13, 2008 "Sorry Day" - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd addresses the Australian House of Representatives, apologizing for the government programs which took children from Aboriginal families, the "stolen generations".
This is the best example of ‘sorry doesn’t fix everything, but it’s a start’.
That one word "Sorry" can make a difference.
@@beepbeep6861 but nothing change
@@theunknown8904 What hasn't changed.
it did nothing, was a massive insult
it's 2022 and I still watch this every few months to remind myself of the unity my people and the rest of the Country had at this time. I still cry knowing my Nana never got to hear these words as she passed just before, but I carry her pain and loss as I am still in search to find my Aboriginal family but I am just a stranger to them. Unfortunately the damage has happened - their goal is succeeding with people losing connection with their culture and our population so low but I wont give up. My children will thrive as Aboriginal People of this land and I am so proud of what my mob have done to survive. Always was, always will be! [-o-]
you are garbage
this speech is so powerful even i not a citizen of Australia could feel the pain with them .. and to me it takes courage to say something like tht .. saying sorry is a part of being a man
Tough watch for sure. I grew up hiding my culture. After this came out I finally felt proud to say I was aboriginal
@@calebsmith9580 Good on you Caleb. Respect and love from a Gunditjmara Elder.
@@calebsmith9580good on you for being proud . I used to feel embarrassed at being Muslim but seeing what has happened in Gaza I feel proud. Everyone should be proud of their culture .
The USA needs to follow suit and acknowledge our bitter history.
We did way before them😂
The Native Americans suffered so much bruh, all they did was try to be nice.
strange... when the conservative government (opposition) made their sorry speech they had backs turned on them... by the people... thereby making fools of half the country who vote conservative...
IF they are not going to act as children then maybe they would be ok with a sorry speech... but this one sticks in my craw... and for some reason i can't find that part any more these days... i remember it well from back then though....
This was one of the last times I felt proud and hopeful to be Australian. The Lib/Nat government since this time have done their best to turn the clock back to 1958, or more lately, to 1938. I have little hope left.
How so? Please explain? Tell me what funding has been reduced or opportunities taken away.
Growing up Aboriginal was tough. Knew nothing of my culture but would still be singled out for being aboriginal.
Tough speech to watch.
Thank you Kevin Rudd
sorry mate. I wish you all the best
I’m so sorry for your experiences. As a teacher, I hope I can help change this for future generations so that my students don’t experience what you did, and if they do, I promise to do my best to make an impact.
grow up
Hey mate I'm Aboriginal and have dark skinned and it makes me angry how the way my own mob treat blackfellas with light skin just wanted to say as a dark skinned Aboriginal men myself u are acknowledged and accepted ❤❤
@@salvatorepapadillo5790shut up
Brilliant speech and apology for past governments wrongs, heartwarming and recieved so well, but 10 years later why have we still not moved forward.
B'ecause the liberal Murdoch party have de-funded the closing the gap funds.
Period !
^ I love this ^
You can't help people who won't help themselves. Abuse is rife in Aboriginal communities, and blaming that on some generalised, meaningless "white man" boogeyman is just a weak-minded cop-out
I cried :(
Thx from Germany that you uploaded it :)
A great compilation thanks! This was one of Kevin Rudd's greatest achievements as Prime Minister - so many of my fellow Australians were glad to hear it, and were also thinking: "About bloody time!"
I remember listening to this with my family. I couldn’t stop crying. 💜💛💜💛💛
Tears any time I watch this. Such an important moment. I’ll be lighting a candle tomorrow like every year.
Defining moment in our nation's history.
it wasnt at all, it was stupid and the aboriginsls immediately cracked the shits they didnt get increased handouts.
Defining but didn't do jack.
Respect for Australia .
My dad doesn't remember his real family. He was quite young when he was taken away and put into the "foster family". They used to beat him there.. They treated him like he was sh*t, but yet he had to have their last name. It's so painful for him to talk about. He even moved my mom and I away to a new country to get away from the past. My mom was born after all this was over, but like my dad, never knew her real family.
I also cried from india Despite being an Indian I still feel bad for those who left and lost children
Today is National Sorry Day
Sorry for what has happened in the past to the aboriginal people of this land.
Say sorry and pay respect to the aborigines.
Yesterday was sorry day for me
No, they got what they wanted but they are still ungrateful and mad! They get free shit and Australia apologised. What more could they want.
@@niceboy7208 educate yourself on the truth.
CatDreaming InTheSun no
NiceBoy7 they are not yet recognised in the constitution mate... the speech of apology should have been the beginning for their recognition in the constitution with equal rights and non discrimination...
How does one apologize to the dead that have been wrongfully killed, robbed of their land and robbed of their way of life?
Reminds me of my people, the American Indian.
My tribe, the Cherokee.
TheWarrior0123 Perhaps that's what this Country needs is an American Native Indian to run things. (???)
I believe an honest apology is meant to acknowledge and validate the suffering of an individual while taking full responsibility in one's wrongs. This bridges the gap between the two people: Aborigines and white Australians.
--> honestly I cried as I watched this.
As a First Nations from Canada I can totally relate to the Aborigines as you can too.
All my relations.
universalxolove I think anybody with a heart in their chest should cry as they watch this. My students do, for sure, when I show this video. Because there's something universal about someone asking for forgiveness, and it reaches out to anyone. I wonder if the US government (not some civil servant working for the office of Native affairs, but the pdt himself, has ever considered giving such apology to the 12 million Natives slaughtered by the white man.
+Chuck Dean
I'm from New Zealand and I honestly find it very sad and sick that the USA doesn't seem to focus on American Indian culture because that's the culture that was there before the British came. I actually think American Indian Culture is very unique, and it's what makes USA the USA. Just like how Maori culture is what makes Aotearoa what it is.
Absolutely. The Stolen Generations testimonies are always quite moving. No country has been spared. In France, where I'm from, hundreds of kids from the Reunion island were removed from their families in the 1970s to be "reeducated" in France, thousands of miles from their native island. Many were abused, raped and broken, and it is only now, 40 or 50 years later, that stories are being shared. And you only ask yourself: which person with a heart in their chest could have come up with such dreadful plan???
being Australian I just wanna say good on this man ......the people who have suffered finally get an apology after all these years
Moving speech, great content. Moving ahead, let the people take every word to heart.
my nan and pop at 55 sec :)
my pop was in this i cry when i see this and ppl at my school laugh when we talk about which makes me more sad😖😢😢😭
We need to unite now. Sorry from all of us
@@kaylahx2 they got no respect atleast with us blackfullas we acknowledge and pay our respects to our Elders and watching this still brings me to tears coz we can feel that pain our Elders went through
@@chiselfan1981 thank you respect ✊🏾
It is so beautiful and moving. I loved it. The nations have to reach this far and turn the new page in their histories. Only great leaders can lead the nations where you admit your mistakes, offer unconditional apology and move forward. I salute to Mr. Kevin Rudd, former PM of Australia. a lot of respect
Okay I didn’t think I would shed a tear from this but… I love this !!
I was crying. Great moment.
you are pathetic
2008 apology to the indigenous people of Australia, PM Kevin Rudd had the guts and the humility to do that, I reckon Australia has been different since then. Bula from Fiji and a very big loloma's to you Mr. Rudd.
This proves is never late to apologize and redempt ...i wish Spain and UK had a sorry Day too!😪
What an amazing man. What a hero. A true champion
he was just trying to cater to the time... he did some pretty horrible things to the country and his own party... he was prime minister...lost the job to someone else... stabbed her in the back... got his job back over her... lost government...
not a nice guy...
The US has to apologize for what they did to aboriginals in the US... Also, they have to apologize for invading other countries...
@Chloe Lerousse probably not they have too much pride in them
Sounds crazy, but they have actually achieve more than Australia, they have made treaty’s. Australia took over 100 years to say sorry and after that, very little has been achieved to add them and recognised them in the constitution, to give an apology is valuable but it was only symbolic rather than closing the gap
Among indigenous Australians and non-indigenous Australians
@@litozcar ur probs american
@@slurrping_noisee I’m not. I’m Mexican and I live in Australia and I see how Australian aboriginals live and that’s pretty bad
@@litozcar And those treaty's are broken after 1 or 2 years.
I cried watching this 😢
Strong reactions to 'Sorry'! Thinking of both Mum, Granny and many more family members who have suffered ...
Thank you Mr Rudd, soooo proud of you!
What is the song at 3:30 pleaseeee !
who's listening in 2019
This is just so gey
Xbox is better lmao
no 2020
@@bear1800 me too
not many listened then...
they turned their backs when nelson made his part weasn't good... nothing like saying we accept your apology by turning your back on 50% of the country....
Who captioned this? Australia doesn’t have a House of Commons, it is the House of Representatives. Great speech, long, long overdue. Sadly, subsequent governments still haven’t closed the gap.
it may have been because the bit you don't see..
when the opposition party made their speech the mob turned their back on him and 50% of the country....
hard to close the gap when people don't want to it seems... we remember ATSIC were we tried to help by letting them self govern... poured lots of money into that ... and the corruption was impressive.... by their own people... over them... the guy they voted to be in charge was recently done for large scale defrauding and corruption of another group he was in charge of... not a good sign...
1:24 That's the flag of my country! Bangladesh! Land of Bengalies! Love to Australians and aboriginals (they are not mutually exclusive, sorry for writing it like that!) from the core of my heart!
Love to you as well from an Australian.
Thank you
Pain, suffering, Sorry, singing, write new chapter all things they said. Key words fellas
I am montagnard indigenous make cry watching . Montagnard indigenous we are persecution, genocide by Vietnamese government today we need Australia government help .
The Aboriginal peoples holding photos of their family members absolutely broke me
This is a turning page in our national history but all of us Australians have a long way to go
I already miss kevin rudd as pm :(
I just wanted to note down, that in germany there are some english books, which require us to write exactly 250 words about this speach from the side of one of the children from the stolen generations. I see that as highly disrespectful against the stolen generations.
You think the speech is disrespectful to the stolen generations? In what way?
@@denisvalente6844 every way ....
@@denisvalente6844 he was talking about the english books... not the speech
We stand strong together as one
What is this song?!
Damn, This is a awesome speech and video.
USA / ILLUMINATI SHOULD SAY THE SAME SPEECH TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS AND GIVE A BACK THEIR NATION TO THEM, BUT, THE FEDS STILL WANT TO SLAUGHTER THEM.... THE HIPPIE TERRORIST
D.J. Moore I think The native Americans Deserve this as well
Nane, People here are different, Here people are taught to hate everyone that doesn't look like them.
D.J. Moore That for one is unacceptable DJ and second it is a disgusting upbringing i blame the parents of these Bigots shame on them
Listen to half the rants the next few days after my chats Nane, You would think I have started the next Great Indians Uprising here. people don't like to be reminded of whaat has happened, Yet they are to full of shit to see they are now the Indians.
Hey is it alright if I use this for my student film?
Good evening Tobel, Cullen and Tiarnan
When?
does anybody know who is singing in the end of the video?
As a kid i never understood why i would see so many homeless indigenous people in the city, why the kids always looked dirty and unfed, why id always see them outside bottlos and fighting in the streets. It wasn't until we did a whole term of indigenous studies in primary school that I finally understood why they as a community were so down trodden. It truly shocked me. And to then have my eyes opened asto why i saw all i did and how there was not one thing implemented to help them. Not one. My Dad ended up hiring a lovely indigenous man as an apprentice not long after i did the term at school and Ronald taught me even more! I would love to say we really have turned a corner in this country but my gosh we haven't even reached the starting point to climb that mountain. Us white folk here should be ashamed for low LONG we stood by and did absolutely nothing to help. All we did was walk by those kids, those men outside the bottlo, those homeless camps in town and looked away in actual fear. Fear? Disgusting.
Thats so sad i wanna cry
I want Kevin 07 back.
Your comment was 2 years ago and I was worried I wouldn't get a response.
I looked into it, and even just briefly reading a bit I'm shocked to know this!
I never had much knowledge on Japanese history, especially nothing as dark as that.
As a native Canadian indigenous we went exactly what the indigenous Australians went through . So amazing to see this ! Thank you!
See our good Labor. For 11 and half fucking years John Howard denied any apology.
beautiful
This speech is so good for a homework.
what is the name of the song? near the end
that was amazing!
SORRY for the bad things that happened to you. Rudd was the best of his kind
well said. We are one
+William Anderson Malarkey we are. Australia is one of the class divided places in the world according to wealth, income and location (ie rurality versus urban living). Bollocks we're 'one'.
If you just say "sorry", you can vanish all of brutal history like 200 years Wow What a good deal
@@emmaho6769 Just saying “Sorry” is step up?! Are you serious?! That’s why I hate how white people treats native people You know what? that thinking is “bullshit”Honestly that sounds like “I said sorry Let’s forget about the things that we did to you guys” by Most of white people from Australia Do you know the reason why they just said “Sorry”? BecauseThey don’t want make some treatment about them and they don’t want responsebility
@@proletariat3106 what plan do you put forth?
This speech was amazing and is it me or does the prime minister look like an older version of muselk.
Australia's federal lower house of parliament is the House of Representatives, not the House of Commons.
We still have a lot of work to do. But if we work together I think we will be fine. We don’t have to solve all the issues at once, but we can start to make things better if we try..
What is that song?
i think it maybe a Tiddas song
Did you find it???
what is this song called ??!!
I've been trying to find why you would say that.
Can you please inform me of what similar act should the Japanese Govt. be sorry for?
I could not help but crying profoundly for all the sorrow these people had to go through in their own land...I could see the pain in their faces. Thank God that Australia did the right thing!
What is the name of the song on the last part?
I think it maybe Tiddas
Did you find it ?
Peace be upon you
What is this song called ?
The peace is one of the powerful word that que bring United solution in any conflicts
Epic speech
I can forgive those who acknowledge their wrong
Bless you sir ♥️🔥♥️✌️
Denial is dead amen
Let's hope actions speak louder
Tho
Much to heal
But this was the hardest step in moving forward as one
Welcome to country 🙂
Good for you.
Hoy, 26 de mayo, se conmemora el día en que se recuerdan los abusos perpetrados en contra de la población indígena de Australia. Este día de recuerdo y de perdón, fue instaurado en 1998.
Este emotivo vídeo en inglés del 2008, es cuando el Primer Ministro de Australia de entonces - Kevin Rudd, pidió perdón
públicamente en el congreso.
in the words of paul and archie and sarah and many many others "from little things big things grow..."
WHAT THE SONG AT 3:30 PLEASEEEE
Anyone know what the last song was?? It was beautiful
Rebekah Meafou let me know when you find out
Did you find it? I need it.🙈
its digusting how John Howard won't apologise
0:33 it’s not Australian House of Commons it’s the House of Representatives
Why?
Cried buckets on the day of the apology and crying buckets today.
I was answering some questions about this speech at school and this made me feel very sad and I do feel for the Indigenous Population after watching this. (Not that I didn't before watching this)
Caity Bell moron
FO from Australia, u don't qualify to live there
Still nothing change
oday is National Sorry Day
Sorry for what has happened in the past to the aboriginal people of this land.
Say sorry and pay respect to the aborigines.
I feel sorry to the people of that land
The question now is will the judgment of nature accept your apology.
Kevin Rudd was a good hearted leader that could have done much better that Julia Gillard...
You can say sorry 1000 times but it won't make any difference. It's been how long now since the sorry announcement and nothing has changed. What needs to change is the broken family unit. Where are the fathers of the neglected children? Too often you see single mum with five kids or children are living with grandma because the parents don't face up to their obligations. Also we need to see indigenous people in the workforce. We need to see them as plumbers, bricklayers, accountants, doctors, shop assistants. As it is now how often do you see aboriginals in any workplace apart from footy and cultural jobs. We are in Australia not Somalia. There is plenty of money and opportunities around but they're not being taken. As long as these arent addressed it's frankly hopeless.
U R. SUCH. A. GOOD. PERSON. SINCED. U LEFT. PEOPLE. STRUGGLING. THIER LIFE. U. R. OUR. HERO. WE. WISHED. GO. BACK. AGAIN. GOD. BLESS U.
Showing a lil bit of empathy and understanding doesn't really harm anybody.
I wish he was still prime minister
I feel so sorry to the aboriginals
why they never have to work and get free everything
kevin rudd speaks for all white australians, we are sorry and we will always be sorry. i am also sorry about australia day being on invasion day, we can change it, but not rid of it... we need a day where we ALL come together as one and celebrate our wonderful country we all live in
no he speaks for no one, piss off you racist garbage
As Lily Shearer, Cultural Development Officer of the Redfern Community said... "An apology without social and policy change, will be nothing more than a gesture"
True. But a gesture is better than refusing to face up to it. As they say, admitting change is required is the first step to that change. I am in no way saying you're wrong, and I would love to see more action taken to right the wrongs and level the playing field. But I respect Rudd for making this apology. John Howard refused to do so and will be judged a coward as a result
that was great
To the modern, I am not sorry.- K Rudd when censoring a protest.
This is the problem with this government LNP. Thay do nothing for the people . Kevin Rudd was the last Prime Minister where I felt proud to be called a Australian . Only lies is what we get today from the LNP
This apology can be proved by our actions towards each other. Not just Kevin's group, all of us. If you see the world, despite this apology, nobody cares. If anything, it's not the words, it's us. We all bleed the same, live here and should respect each others races. We weren't made to hate or be racist. We are the problem if racism and unfairness is spreading instead of decreasing. We need to change if we want to see change. Change is possible, if we just say things, it means nothing without your heart and whole actions into it. Everyone matters from the rich, poor, broken, healed, old and young; every culture was made so therefore we respect it. We have our culture, let everyone else have theirs. We cannot just take what's not ours, it is theft and how would you like it if your family was taken from you, your rights re-declared as nothing, your culture burnt to form differently as something you don't recognize? If we could all be one and whole with one another, that is when this world will be healed. And I myself am not part aboriginal yet have a spot for them in my life. My race was put aside as 'thing' and 'it' and as just pure hated once. I know what it is like to be put aside as something else other than together. It's not right. Change people, this apology is nothing without it and us. :)
What else were you talking about Kevin Rudd and what kind of attitude you have?
2019?
Chanuth Gunawardene 13 Feb 2008