{"id":200319,"date":"2018-01-31T20:16:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T10:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=200319"},"modified":"2020-08-08T13:26:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T03:26:32","slug":"ration-shed-to-mark-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/01\/31\/ration-shed-to-mark-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ration Shed To Mark Apology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivers the Apology on the floor of the House of Representatives on February 13, 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 31, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

An event to mark the 10th anniversary of the historic Apology speech by then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will be held at The Ration Shed in Cherbourg on February 13.<\/p>\n

The community evening will include videos from 5:30pm followed by acoustic songs from Cherbourg musicians.<\/p>\n

Organisers say it will be an opportunity for people to celebrate and reflect on the decade since the speech.<\/p>\n

They have suggested families bring along a picnic as no food will be served.<\/p>\n

The Apology to the Stolen Generations was moved as a motion in Federal Parliament on February 13, 2008 (see video below).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many Indigenous Australians travelled to Canberra for the event, packing the Public Gallery at Parliament House, while others watched the event live on big screens around the country.<\/p>\n

The Apology followed the “Bringing The Home” report, a 680-page document tabled in Federal Parliament on May 26, 1997, after a two-year inquiry into the Stolen Generations.<\/p>\n

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