... give an overview of the history and background of aboriginals in Australia and white settlement and mistreatment. In the second I will explain what has been dealt with and what Acts have been passed, as well as what the encounters have been with the debate on having a Treaty for the aborigines. In the third I describe the Government's evasive actions towards the proper achievement of Aboriginal Reconciliation and the necessity for a formal apology. In the final section I explore the counter-arguments to my position - no need for continuous apology (it is not only politicians' fault) and that the government has already made treaties and advanced them for improvement and achievement of Reconciliation. These counter arguments are refuted. When Europeans arrived on the Australian continent, they stepped from their ships onto land that was owned under complex Indigenous laws and land systems. But it has taken white Australia and its ...

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