ABC News Thu, 8 Jun 2000 15:02 AEST Court offers formal apology to Aborigines Victoria's magistrates court is offering an unprecedented apology to Aborigines.. The Chief Magistrate, Michael Adams, convened a ceremonial sitting of the court in Melbourne about 2:00pm AEST, to say sorry for the injustices of the past. Similar sittings are being held in Bendigo, Mildura and Wangaratta. Aboriginal culture will also be honoured in the courts in future. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation -- ********************************** 'Click' to protect the rainforest: Make the Rainforest Site your homepage! http://www.therainforestsite.com/ ********************************** ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
