Life Wasn't Meant To Be Easy.

Reconciliation Requires Changes Of Heart And Spirit, As Well As Social And Economic Change. It Requires Symbolic As Well As Practical Action.

Development Requires Modification And Transformation Of The Environment... The Planet's Capacity To Support Its People Us Being Irreversibly Reduced By The Destruction And Degradation Of The Biosphere And The Need To Understand The Problem And Take Corrective Action Is Becoming Urgent.

Most Asylum Seekers Do Get Permanent Visas, So The Earlier They Receive The Appropriate Help, The Faster They Will Become Part Of The Community. They'll Get Jobs And Start Paying Taxes Too. They Will See Australia As A Nation With A Sense Of Care And Concern. That's So Important For A Cohesive Society. It Helps Build A Sense Of Belonging. And In Terms Of Common Decency, It's What Should Be Happening... For God's Sake, This Is Australia, People Should Be Treated With Decency And Humanity.

The Great Task Of Statesmanship Is To Apply Past Lessons To New Situations, To Draw Correct Analogies To Understand And Act Upon Present Forces, To Recognise The Need For Change.

Last Year The National Sorry Day Committee Consulted With Stolen Generations People In Every State And Territory, And Concluded That Programmes Set Up In Response To The Bringing Them Home Report Are Reaching Only A Small Fraction Of Those They Are Intended To Help.