Australia ready for leadership on "sorry"
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Psychology research conducted at the University of 亚洲色吧 shows that strong leadership on reconciliation issues can make a difference to public opinion.
On the eve of the national apology by Federal Parliament to the Stolen Generations, researchers in the University's say the Australian public is now more likely to acknowledge and accept the national apology because of leadership shown on the issue by the current Federal Government.
Professor and Associate Professor began studying the public debate into a possible apology to indigenous people, following the into the Stolen Generations by the .
"The report generated previously unheard of public debate in Australia and raised awareness of the maltreatment of indigenous people," Professor Augoustinos says.
"Over the past decade, most Australians would in some way have been exposed to or been engaged in the debate about whether a national apology should be offered to the Stolen Generations.
"Although the public deb