Decades after being forcibly removed from their land, the “Stolen Generations” in Australia will receive reparations and formal acknowledgment for the trauma they’ve endured. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Commonwealth’s Closing the Gap Implementation Plan on Thursday to disperse $378.6 million over five years to indigenous communities.The plan’s purpose is “to say formally, not just that we’re deeply sorry for what happened but that we will take responsibility for it,” Morrison said in front of Parliament.The Stolen Generations refers to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people removed from the Commonwealth territories – the Northern Territory, the …
