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Kevin Rudd Speech Analysis
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Class notes on Kevin Rudd's Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples Speech
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`Annotate:1. Rhetorical techniques.
2. Ethos, pathos, logos.
3. Macro-narratives (context and values).
4. Speculative visions.
5. Any other language techniques that shape meaning.
I move:
That today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in
human history.
We reflect on their past mistreatment.
We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations - this
blemished chapter in our national history.
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the
wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.
We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have
inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.
We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from
their families, their communities and their country.
For the pain, suffering and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants and for their
families left behind, we say sorry.
To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families
and communities, we say sorry.
And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we
say sorry.
We the Parliament of Australia respectfully request that this apology be received in the spirit in
which it is offered as part of the healing of the nation.
For the future we take heart; resolving that this new page in the history of our great continent
can now be written.
We today take this first step by acknowledging the past and laying claim to a future that
embraces all Australians.
A future where this Parliament resolves that the injustices of the past must never, never
happen again.
A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous and non-
Indigenous, to close the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement
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