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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Collard

‘Are you waiting for us to die?’: Stolen Generations report calls for family tracing and police apologies

Aboriginal woman's hands around the torso of a young Aboriginal child, seen from behind
A report commissioned by the Healing Foundation found 6% of recommendations from the Bringing Them Home report into the Stolen Generations have been implemented. Photograph: Marianna Massey/AAP

Nearly 30 years after a landmark inquiry into tens of thousands of Aboriginal children being forcibly removed from their families, barely any recommendations aimed at healing and redress for their trauma have been enacted, according to a new report.

The report, Are You Waiting for us to Die?, commissioned by the Healing Foundation, which supports and advocates for Stolen Generations survivors and their families, found just 6% of recommendations of the Bringing Them Home report, tabled in 1997, have been implemented.

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