The Senior Australian of the Year speaks about the impacts of Australia’s racist past | ABC News

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It is 13 years since former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued an apology on behalf of the Federal Government for the forced removal of Indigenous children. Dr Miriam-Rose Baumann gave a personal account of how her family had been directly impacted by the government’s policy at a National Sorry Day breakfast in Darwin.

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