National Apology Day 2021
On 13/2/2008, the then PM Kevin Rudd moved a motion of Apology to Indigenous Australians. This was a formal apology on behalf of the successive parliaments and governments whose policies and laws “inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians”. Today we remember and commemorate the mistreatment of our Indigenous peoples as part of an ongoing process of reconciliation. We come together and share the journey towards healing for the Stolen Generations, their families and communities. Part of the work of healing is recognizing the ways that we may have harmed others. We start healing when we feel heard. On National Apology Day, IKON honours the wisdom of our first peoples, we recognise and listen to their stories.