Nearly 30 years have passed since the tabling of the Bringing Them Home report, yet progress has been slow and uneven. 

The 2025 report released by The Healing Foundation – Are you waiting for us to die? The unfinished business of Bringing them home – found only 6% of the report recommendations have been clearly implemented.

It urges a comprehensive and coordinated response from all sides of politics, all levels of government, police, churches and others with responsibilities to support the Stolen Generations. Outstanding issues include:

• Most survivors are eligible for aged care but are faced with an aged care system which often re-triggers the trauma of institutionalisation.
• Queensland is yet to introduce a redress scheme, and other state and territory schemes are flawed.
• Many survivors and families still don’t have access to their records. 
• Stolen Generations organisations that support survivors on the ground are often either volunteer-run or receive project funding only, which doesn’t allow for the workforce and organisational investment needed to build and retain organisations, staff and expertise. 

As we head to May 2027 – 30 years since the Bringing Them Home report was tabled – we must be focused on action.

By committing to action, we make these anniversaries count, improving the lives of survivors now, and creating hope and healing for future generations.

Survivors are ageing, many of those still with us are in their 70s - 90s, time is running out.

Stay tuned for further 2026 National Sorry Day updates including this year's theme, resources and more.

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