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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Douglas Smith and Benita Kolovos

Victorian premier delivers formal apology to Australia’s First Peoples for ‘rapid and violent’ colonisation

The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, speaks during a formal apology to First Peoples on behalf of the state of Victoria
The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, speaks during a formal apology to First Peoples on behalf of the state of Victoria. Photograph: Con Chronis/AAP

The Victorian government has apologised for past injustices inflicted on Aboriginal people since the time of colonisation through the “actions and inactions of the state, and the colony that came before it”.

In a formal statement issued before the parliament, the premier, Jacinta Allan, said decisions made in that building over its history “have long denied the First Peoples of this land their rights and their self-determination”.

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