Anthony Albanese spoke at a breakfast this morning commemorating the 17th anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generation (the one Peter Dutton boycotted).

Here is some of his speech:

The Apology was never intended as the end of the story, rather – as Prime Minister Rudd said – the beginning of a new chapter.
 
We put behind us the old chapter that took from you the most profound of rights: to grow up safely in your own family.
 
And together we write a chapter of self-determination.
 
The new chapter must be an Australia in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have the same choices as non-Indigenous Australians.
 
An Australia in which the Government works carefully with you towards a future in which Indigenous Australians have the economic security of a job and a home.  
 
What guides my Government every day is the instinct to ensure all Australians get the same chance in life.
 
To work towards the reality in which all Australians have power over their destiny.
 
And this all began when you – and all survivors – through patience, persistence and grace at last found your nation was ready to hear your hard truths.
 

Which are lovely words, but it is also worth pointing out that since the referendum loss the government has done nothing to forward a truth-telling commission, or treaty.