Δύο βίνετο από την ιστοσελίδα του BBC με την επίσημη συγνώμη του νέου πρωθυπουργού της Αυστραλίας στους Αβορίγινες της Αυστραλίας και την αντίδραση στο κοινοβούλιο και τη χώρα.
Και ένα email από ένα μέλος της κοινότητας του Process Work στην Αυστραλία για το γεγονός:
Dear All,
What a momentous day it was in Australia yesterday. As I listened to the apology with fellow workers at a gathering to watch it live from Parliament, a deep deep silence filled our room –so potent – some rearrangement of the fabric of reality was taking place – it feels to me as I try to give it words
The national news remarked on the depth of the silence in Parliament as the apology was given, saying it was a silence that had never been experienced there before.
An amazing thing – that such a silence is experienced across the nation, and remarked upon!
And so many tears fell – as people gathered everywhere to listen, in town squares, schools, workplaces, and homes
I have been listening to interviews of Aboriginal people speak of their response to the apology. I have heard many talk of the feeling of a burden been lifted from them, of a sense that this day is the first day they can begin to heal, that their heart has opened.
Also, from some there is reservation, a waiting to see what actions follow,
And the dialogue continues between us all, many different voices –
Yes to the Dreaming!
Awed, grateful,
Love, Penny