Kevin Rudd
May 13, 2008 – 6:58 am
In one of his first speeches last year as newly elected Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd made the unprecented step of apologizing to the nations Aboriginal people. For several decades Australian governments had enacted laws that were prejudice against the indigenous people and even went as far as making official policies of separating children from their families in an effort to eliminate the population.
In front of Parliament, and hundreds of Aboriginals in attendance, Rudd bodly declared an apology for the past wrongs and pleged to lead all Australian people toward racial reconcilliation (watch video of the speech here). In addition to this first step toward unification, Rudd showed his commitment to the future of the environment as well ratifying the Kyoto Protocol which is a promise to reduce the nations greenhouse gas emmisions to levels agreed upon by a UN Summit.
In just a short time in leadership Rudd has laid the foundation for a bright future for The Land Down Under.
-JH
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