Andrew Murray (WA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Minister, I thank you for your answer. You would be aware that I am impatient because my time for advocacy in the Senate is running out, so I must use the time I have left. Do the Prime Minister and the government accept that the effects of harming a child are similar for all children? Does the Prime Minister understand why those who have been in care are upset that one group should get the apology they absolutely deserve but not the other group, who also think they absolutely deserve an apology? Can the government explain why tens of thousands of adults, who endured ruinous care experiences as children, get an apology but not hundreds of thousands of other adults? Will you please come to a decision soon so that I can see this issue put to bed in the name of all those hundreds of thousands of children?