KevinRudd's"Sorryspeech"KevinRuddisanAustralianpolitician,hewasAustralia'sprimeministerfrom20072010,andhewasalsotheleaderof"TheAustralianLaborParty".KevinRuddmadeanapologyspeechfromthe ParliamentHouseinCanberrato"thestolengeneration",thespeechwasspokenonFebruary132008Thespeech istotheallindigenouspeopleandespeciallythosewhosuffered,thesurvivorsof"TheStolenGeneration"orhave hadrelativesorfriendswhodid,KevinRuddapologises...
LanguageTechniquesUsedInKevinRudd's2008Speech
InKevinRudd's17thofFebruary2008speech,theAustralianPrimeMinisterapologisestotheIndigenous Australiansforthestolengenerations.Withthisspeech,Ruddattemptedtoeasethedisadvantagethataffectsmost IndigenousAustraliansbypledgingthatthegovernmentwouldimprovetheirhealth,education,livingconditions andtheirlifestyleoverall.RuddclaimsthatheisapologeticandremorsefulforthetreatmentthepastIndigenous AustraliansreceivedHestrengthenshisspeechbyusing
IndigenousSpeechesResearchEssay
Speechesareaniconicandwidelyusedmeansofexpressionforourpoliticalleaders,particularlywhendiscussing issuesofimportancesuchasIndigenousAustralia.PaulKeating's'RedfernSpeech'andKevinRudd's'Apologyto Australia'sIndigenousPeoples'arethetwopoliticalspeecheswhichIwillbeanalysinginthispaperThestructure ofthispaperwillfollowtheCulturalCompetencyFrameworkasameansforexploringtheabovestatedspeeches. Thisframeworkmovesthroughknowledge;informed
TorresStraitIslandersforequalityandsocialjusticeandacknowledgedtheirrighttomakedecisionsaboutmatters affectingtheirownlivesInrecognitionhoweverofthepastinjusticesfaced,Australia'sPrimeMinisterof2008, KevinRudd,presentedanapologyspeechasasignofrespecttoalltheIndigenouspeopleandTorresStrait Islander'sIndoingso,thishumbleandrighteousactionhasbrokendowntheracialbarrierbetweenAboriginals andAustralians.Ultimately,promotingtherights...
IndigenousAustraliaAndThePoliciesImposedUponThem
InwhatwayshaveIndigenousAustralianpeoplesresistedthenon-IndigenousoccupationofAustraliaandthe policiesimposeduponthem?ThewaysinwhichIndigenousAustralianpeoplesresistedthenon-Indigenousof Australiawereseenevidentthroughthepoliciesandpracticesimposeduponthem.Suchpoliciesandpractices werepotentiallyseenasacommonjustificationforAboriginalpeoplesasitwasviewedas"fortheirowngood" Thesepoliciesincludeprotectionandsegregation,assimilation...