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'Our position in Australian society is uncertain' — Mick Dodson reflects on 'Sorry' failure

55 min · 26 de may de 2026
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Sorry doesn’t cut it, that’s the overwhelming message from Indigenous leaders today as the nation marks the anniversary of the apology to the stolen generations. Twenty Nine years ago Professor Mick Dodson delivered the landmark Bringing Them Home report on the plight of Stolen Generations; today he describes the government’s response to its recommendations as a ‘woeful failure’. Pope Francis has just released his first encyclical – a pastoral letter to Catholic faithful – urging humanity not to become slaves to the machine in the age of AI.  The exploits of Andrew Mounbatten Windsor and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson were revealed in sordid detail by historian Andrew Lownie last year. Now, in the wake of fresh revelations and more material, Lownie is re-releasing Entitled: the Rise and Fall of the House of York.

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