One of the organisers of this week's NAIDOC celebrations in Broken Hill says she was surprised at the numbers attending some of the events.
Mal Brough says the Federal Government must not lose its momentum in its efforts to improve the lives of Indigenous people.
The Brisbane City Council says a plaque commemorating the Stolen Generations will eventually return to King George Square.
The head of a Queensland Indigenous education group says Aboriginal children must get the same education as the rest of Australia's children.
Hundreds of people have marched through Sydney's CBD in recognition of Sorry Day.
Former federal Indigenous affairs minister Mal Brough has accused Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of being "un-Australian" for not acting quickly enough to tackle child abuse.
The Shepparton community will recognise the Prime Minister's apology to the Stolen Generations at a special event today.
Indigenous people along the New South Wales mid-north coast say this year's Reconciliation Week is especially significant after the formal apology to the Stolen Generations.
Indigenous leaders say today's National Sorry Day is an opportunity to regroup and reconsider the nation's aspirations for reconciliation.
The Northern Territory Government believes a goal to have every Indigenous four-year-old attending an early childhood facility within the next five years is achievable.
The Australian Education Union (AEU) wants the Federal Government to follow Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to the Stolen Generations with a significant funding boost for Indigenous education in the Northern Territory.
A new single samples parts of Kevin Rudd's historic apology to the Stolen Generations.
February 26, 2008 10:23:00
The Goldfields Land and Sea Council in south-east Western Australia has questioned whether a Kalgoorlie councillor should remain in public office, after she was involved in a racist incident at a charity car rally.
February 25, 2008 14:38:00
The apology was little more than a spectacle for white Australians and a vanity exercise for the PM.
February 22, 2008 08:45:00
Organisers of a protest in Wangaratta yesterday have launched a petition against the actions of a north-east Victorian Liberal MP over the apology to the Stolen Generations.
February 20, 2008 15:32:00
A Western Australian law firm is backing compensation claims on behalf of up to 1,000 members of the Stolen Generations.
February 19, 2008 09:18:00
Anna Haebich says many hands made last week's apology.
February 18, 2008 12:22:00
A south-east New South Wales Aboriginal leader says last week's 'sorry day' will change Australian communities forever.
February 16, 2008 12:06:00
Brendan Nelson issues another very specific apology to a member of the Stolen Generations.
February 15, 2008 18:42:00
The Central Land Council says the former Indigenous affairs minister, Mal Brough, should not be a member of the new bipartisan commission announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday.
February 15, 2008 18:17:00
The Dalai Lama has written to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, congratulating him for the apology to the Stolen Generations.
February 15, 2008 17:41:00
A group representing members of the Stolen Generations says up to 40 Victorians are preparing compensation claims after this week's apology.
February 15, 2008 15:43:00
Federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson has apologised to a Victorian Aboriginal elder whose story he used in his apology speech to Federal Parliament on Wednesday.
February 15, 2008 15:40:00
Illawarra-based Liberal Senator Concietta Fierravanti Wells has told Federal Parliament she did not vote for the apology to the Stolen Generations because the apology will support a tide of claims for compensation.
February 15, 2008 15:02:00
Former federal attorney-general Philip Ruddock says, to his knowledge, the previous Howard government did not obtain legal advice on potential compensation to the Stolen Generations.
February 15, 2008 13:26:00
A Northern Territory law expert says this week's historic apology to the Stolen Generations will not enhance the ability of Aboriginal people to claim compensation from the federal, state or territory governments.
February 15, 2008 13:26:00
After this moment, Australia can be imagined as a different place.
February 15, 2008 07:30:00
The PM's promise to deliver practical measures to improve Indigenous lives has sparked a debate over priorities.
February 14, 2008 15:21:00
Federal Liberal MP Patrick Secker says his party should have offered a full apology to the stolen generations while in government.
February 14, 2008 15:08:00
About 300 people packed the Bendigo town hall, in central Victoria, for the Federal Government's history-making apology to Indigenous Australians yesterday.
February 14, 2008 15:00:00
More than 100 people attended yesterday's ceremony at Broken Hill, in far western New South Wales, to acknowledge the Federal Government's apology to the Stolen Generations.
February 14, 2008 14:45:00
South Australian medical and Indigenous groups say they will be pushing for more change flowing from yesterday's national apology to the Stolen Generations.
February 14, 2008 13:44:00
A Port Lincoln councillor has attacked the mayor Peter Davis over comments relating to yesterday's apology to Aborigines.
February 14, 2008 13:30:00
There has been a positive reaction in the Riverina, in southern New South Wales, to the bipartisan support for an Aboriginal policy commission to help lift outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
February 14, 2008 13:20:00
Divisions within the Federal Opposition over the apology to the Stolen Generations are re-emerging as MPs address Parliament about the motion.
February 14, 2008 13:19:00
The Bega Valley Shire Council has renewed its commitment to help improve conditions for the region's Aborigines.
February 14, 2008 12:35:00
Members of the north-west New South Wales region's Aboriginal communities have welcomed the Prime Minister's promised practical measures to follow the symbolism of yesterday's apology to the Stolen Generations.
February 14, 2008 12:29:00
ACT politicians have unanimously voted to reaffirm the apology to the Stolen Generations originally passed more than 10 years ago.
February 14, 2008 12:25:00
The head of the reconciliation committee of Kalgoorlie-Boulder says the Commonwealth's apology to the Stolen Generations was well received in the community.
February 14, 2008 12:14:00
A handful of Stolen Generations members have received payouts, but governments have spent millions fighting the claims.
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