In a formal statement issued in the Victorian parliament, premier Jacinta Allan gave an apology to First Nations people for the harm inflicted upon them by the state and colonisers. First Nations elders and community leaders in attendance spoke with Guardian Australia about the significance of the apology, and what makes this different from other apologies made before
Victorian premier delivers formal apology to Australia’s First Peoples for ‘rapid and violent’ colonisation
What Victoria’s historic apology means to First Nations people
