- Daily Telegraph: Aborigines back stolen generation compo 3:05am, 7 Jan 08: "ABORIGINAL leaders could seek up to $1billion in compensation on behalf of members of the stolen generation."
- ABC - AM: Stolen Generations apology 'hollow without compo' 8:00am, 7 Jan 08: "We believe that there is a fund thatshould be set up. ... We are not trying to claim anything other than what is the right of the Aboriginal peoples thatwere a part of and are a part of the Stolen Generations, ... " Christine King, chairwoman of the national Stolen Generations Alliance
- ABC: Macklin rules out Stolen Generations compo10:00am, 7 Jan 08: "The Federal Government has ruled out a billion-dollar compensation fund for members of the Stolen Generations."
- ABC - 7.30 Report: Macklin under fire over compo issue 7:30pm, 7 Jan 08: "We don't think that it's the right thingto have a national compensation fund. We think it would be far more productive to really put that money intoaddressing the very serious levels of disadvantage that still exist in Indigenous communities. ... We've made clearour decision. And we really do make this decision in the full knowledge that we want to make a difference topeople's lives in the areas of health, education, building economic independence." Jenny Macklin, Indigenous AffairsMinister
BACKGROUND:
- ENIAR: The Stolen Generations "Between 1910 and 1970 up to 100,000 Aboriginal children were taken forcibly or under duress from their families by police or welfare officers. Most were under 5 years old. There was rarely any judicial process. To be Aboriginal was enough. They are known as the 'Stolen Generations'."
- ANTaR: Rudd Government abandons Labor platform over Stolen Generations 9 Jan 08: "The Rudd Government's decision to rule out compensation for members of the Stolen Generations flies in the face of the policy platform it took to the recent federal election. The platform committed a Labor Government to "provide a comprehensive response to the Bringing them home report." ... ANTaR National Director, Gary Highland said it was impossible to provide a comprehensive response to Bringing them home without carefully considering the issue of financial compensation."
NEWS:
- ABC: Calls for billion-dollar Indigenous compensation fund 10 Jan 08: "Australia can afford to set up a billion-dollar compensation fund for members of the Stolen Generation, says an independent candidate from the last federal election."
- SMH: ALP MP to deliver compo message to Rudd 9 Jan 08: "A Labor MP with a family connection to the Aboriginal stolen generation has met with other victims and will take their messages - including calls for compensation- to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd."
- ABC: Move to rule out Stolen Generations' comp fund a 'national disgrace' 9 Jan 08: "A man who's mother was one of the Stolen Generations is harshly critical of the Federal Government's decision to rule out a compensation fund even as it prepares an apology to Indigenous people."
- Australian: Apology to the Stolen, but no fund 8 Jan 08: "COURT-ORDERED compensation for Aborigines removed from their families could extend beyond the $1 billion fund indigenous leaders have demanded Kevin Ruddcreate in conjunction with the states."
- ABC: Funding health over compo for Stolen Generations 'insulting' 8 Jan 08: "A Wide Bay man whose mother was taken from her parents at birth says he is greatly saddened the Federal Government will not pay compensation to members of the Stolen Generations."
- ABC: Macklin 'arrogant' over Stolen Generations compo issue7 Jan 08: "Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister JennyMacklin has been accused of arrogance and insensitivity forruling out compensation to the Stolen Generations."
