IN FULL: Kevin Rudd draws parallels between anti-Voice arguments and pre-Apology warnings | SBS News

Warnings before the Apology to the Stolen Generations were proven untrue, Kevin Rudd said at the unveiling of his official portrait earlier today, as the former leader drew parallels with current fears over the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

And in a thinly veiled swipe at Opposition leader Peter Dutton, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described Rudd's 2008 apology as a "moment of national unity" backed by the "leadership" of the Opposition at the time.

Within months of taking office, Rudd delivered the government's formal apology over the forced removal of Aboriginal children, something his predecessor John Howard consistently argued against.

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