Bringing them home: Report of National Inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families is released. Report concludes that forcible removal of children was an act of genocide, contrary to United Nations Convention on Genocide, ratified by Australia in 1949.
National Reconciliation Convention is held in Melbourne.
Native Title Amendment Bill is passed, as an adaptation of the ‘Ten Point Plan’.
National Multicultural Advisory Council (NMAC) is established. NMAC issues Multicultural Australia: the Way Forward, discussion document on future of multiculturalism as a public policy.
