Tuesday 19 October 1999

Speakers

'The South African Experience of Truth and Reconcilaition'
Richard Lyster.
Richard is a former Commissioner on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, currently an assessor on the Land Claims Court established under the Land Rights Restitution Act.

"The Possibilties of Reconciliation"
Linda Burney.
Linda is a former member of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, a member of the NSW State Aboriginal Reconciliation Council, and the Deputy Dirctor of the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs.

"Government Responses to the Bringing Them Home Report"
David Kinley.
David is a consultant to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and co-author of a recent HREOC report on government responses to the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal Children from Their Families. David is a visiting fellow at the Law Faculty, University of NSW.

"The Contemporary Experience of the Stolen Generations: The Possibbility of Redress?"
Carol Kendall and Jason Field.
Carol is member of the National Sorry Day Committee and a member of the NSW Stolen Generation Memorial Foundation.
Jason Field is chairperson of the NSW Stolen Generation Memorial Foundation and a formerly with the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal Children from Their Families

'The Need for a Reparations Tribunal in Australia'
Andrea Durbach.
Andrea is Director of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). In response to the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal Children from Their Families, PIAC developed the Stolen Generation Project which has sought to identify and pursue the rights of members of the Stolen Generations.

Chairperson
Chris Cunneen, Director, Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney Law School