Woonjeegaribay Conciliation Group

10/06/2026

Community Links Wellbeing is supporting Aboriginal individuals and families in the Southern Highlands, strengthening cultural connection and access to local services.

29/05/2026

27/05/2026

27/05/2026

"Bring our country together to heal.”

Travis Lovett has walked more than 900 kilometres to deliver a powerful message here in Canberra.

When our Parliament first sat, First Nations people weren’t represented within it.

We’ve come a long way since then, but the journey towards a fairer, more equal Australia continues.

Travis, we’re committed to walking with you and all First Nations people on the journey to reconciliation.

Every step of the way.

27/05/2026

27/05/2026

27/05/2026

What a pleasure to be marking the start of Reconciliation Week at Wingello this morning. Thank you to the organisers of this lovely, relaxed event.

26/05/2026

26/05/2026

National Sorry Day is a day to acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generations Survivors and reflect on how we can all play a part in the healing process for our people and nation. While this date carries great significance for the Stolen Generations and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it is also commemorated by Australians right around the country.

The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998, one year after the Bringing Them Home report was tabled in Parliament. The Bringing Them Home report is a result of a Government Inquiry into the past policies which caused children to be removed from their families and communities in the 20th century.

Following this, in 2000, there was one issue that was high on the agenda at the Sydney Harbour Bridge walk for reconciliation – an apology to the Stolen Generations.

It was also high in the sky, when a group of people – independent to the organisation of the walk – had the word ‘sorry’ written in the clear blue skies above the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Such was the intensity of feeling and support for Stolen Generations members – many of whom were among the huge crowd that day.

Today, twenty-three years after the Bringing Them Home report and twelve years since the National Apology, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are still 10.6 times more likely than non-Indigenous children to be removed from their families.

We cannot begin to fix the problems of the present without accepting the truth of our history. Sorry Day asks us to acknowledge the Stolen Generations, and in doing so, reminds us that historical injustice is still an ongoing source of intergenerational trauma for Aboriginal and Torres Islander families, communities, and peoples.