Mr Fraser and Ms O'Donoghue at yesterday's meeting to discuss the Journey of Healing. They met to talk of reconciliation, the stolen generations and the Journey of Healing. Together to launch this year's Journey of Healing strategy at The Rocks in Sydney, both the Aboriginal leader and the former prime minister praised the appointment, but went on to imply an expectation that the new governor-general should maintain the social conscience of the incumbent, Sir William Deane. In terms of support for reconciliation, Ms O'Donoghue appeared to hope the Archbishop would follow in Sir William's footsteps.
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They cannot be reduced to banner headlines. Ms O'Donoghue added that she had not abandoned all hope that Mr Howard would formally apologise to the stolen generations before he left office. This year the Journey of Healing will focus on the families and communities left behind.