| WORLD NEWS AUSTRALIA/LIVING BLACK SPECIAL |
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| THE NATIONAL APOLOGY
Wednesday 13 February LIVE IN ALL CENTRES: NSW/VIC/TAS/ACT from 9.00am SA from 8.30am QLD from 8.00am NT from 7.30am WA from 7.00am Next Wednesday the Federal government will offer an historic apology to Australia's stolen generations. Led by the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the apology will take place inside Canberra's Parliament House, at the beginning of the 2008 parliamentary year. SBS will televise the event in a World News Australia/Living Black special called The National Apology. Presented by World News Australia's Anton Enus and Living Black's Karla Grant, the special will include commentary from leading Aboriginal academic Prof. Larissa Behrendt and SBS chief political correspondent Karen Middleton. The National Apology will also report on the mood outside Parliament House, where large numbers of Indigenous people are expected to gather, and tell the personal stories of elders like Marjorie Woodrow. Marjorie, now 82, was taken from her family when she was two years old. She has committed her life to raising awareness of the stolen generations and finally met her mother again at age 77 (her mother was 99 years old). Of the upcoming apology, Marjorie will tell SBS: "I think it's good to know that it's coming. I think the division and hate we have for the government deep down will leave us and give us a chance now to mend ourselves the way we want to, to share in this country again." The National Apology, Wednesday morning February 13, on SBS. For further information contact SBS publicist Christine Heard on (02) 9430 3794 or christine.heard@sbs.com.au |
