In response to the Bringing them home report, the NSW Government became the first state or territory government to apologise to Aboriginal peoples for policies that led to the forced removal of children from their families and communities. On 18 June 1997, The Hon. Bob Carr, then Premier of NSW, moved a motion before the NSW House of Representatives to issue an unreserved apology. It received unanimous support. The NSW Department of Communities and Justice issued another apology following an apology from then Prime Minister, The Hon. Kevin Rudd, to the Stolen Generations on behalf of the Australian Government on 13 February 2008.
