00:01I reflect today probably with sadness and frustration, but also hope that it's the
00:1029th anniversary of the Bring Them Home report on National Sorry Day today. Next year will
00:16be 30 years, an entire generation. And I'm hopeful that with the launch of our action
00:22plan today, that really outlines some tangible things that governments and others can do
00:28to support Stolen Generation survivors and their descendants, that we can start to see
00:32some real change, some addressing of those recommendations and to ensure that survivors,
00:38you know, 29 years ago who really put their hearts and their openness on the line, and
00:44that just doesn't go down in vain. There is only 6% of the recommendations that have actually
00:49been implemented fully. We heard from survivors today and at other times just talking about
00:56how, you know, that hope that they had 29 years ago has been slowly chipped away with
01:02this inaction. Those actions, there's still so many remaining. There's a lot more work
01:08to be done, but I am encouraged by the fact that we have had some good conversations about
01:14this action plan. But it is time to move. We can't wait another generation. We've already
01:20lost too many survivors and it's just not good enough that there hasn't been enough movement.
01:26What that looks like is around health, ageing, social and emotional wellbeing, access to records,
01:33making sure that there's equitable compensation or redress, with Queensland now being the only
01:38jurisdiction to not provide any compensation. Also ensuring that there's research and data
01:44to ensure that the services that are being delivered to survivors are adequate and meeting
01:49their needs. But also education is another really big one. We need to understand this
01:55ongoing impact of removal. It's not something that is in history. We still have survivors that
02:03are living through that trauma every day and they just want to see action in their lifetime.
02:09And so we really hope that this action plan will give people very clear answers about where
02:16to next as we head to 30 years.
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