Thursday, May 26, 2005

National Healing Day

More than an apology: Sorry Day is focusing on healing. Today marks marks eight years since the release of the Bringing Them Home report into the Stolen Aboriginal Generations.

The Australian National Sorry Day Committee co-chairwoman, Gillian Brannigan, says there was a need to have a national day of healing as the focus for this year's events.

"It's very well recognised in the Indigenous community and becoming more recognised in the wider community that we need to take a holistic approach to healing," she said.

"We need to not just focus on physical health but also spiritual, social, emotional health as well."

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