Frank Golding

Author, Researcher, Historian

Apologies

National Redress: Survivor engagement and conflict of interest

By fgolding@bigpond.net.auPosted on Posted in Activism, Apologies, Care Leavers, disruptive histories and intangible heritage, Forgotten Australians, Orphanage, Child Welfare, Social History, Adoption, State Wards, Children’s Homes, Foster Care, Children’s Institutions, Golding, Sinnett, Neglected, Child Abuse, Family,, Redress, Royal Commission, Sexual Abuse

National Redress: Survivor engagement and conflict of interest This is an edited version of a paper I presented to the LSAANZ Conference, Voice, Resistance and Repair: Law and Living Together held at the University of Technology Sydney in December 2023. Introduction After some equivocation, on 4 November 2016, Australia’s Attorney-General, George Brandis, and Minister for […]

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Another Apology

By fgolding@bigpond.net.auPosted on Posted in Apologies, Forgotten Australians, Orphanage, Child Welfare, Social History, Adoption, State Wards, Children’s Homes, Foster Care, Children’s Institutions, Golding, Sinnett, Neglected, Child Abuse, Family,, Redress, Sexual Abuse2 Comments on Another Apology

Formal Apologies: What do they mean? Do they matter?     The Prime Minister has set up a committee to provide advice on a proposed national apology to Australians who were sexually abused as children. (See more here.) There are many things we’ve learned from past apologies. Care Leavers and survivors of child abuse have inspired […]

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