Commonwealth Indigenous leaders demand apology from the king for effects of colonisation

Exclusive: Aboriginal Olympian Nova Peris says change begins with listening' as campaigners from 12 countries ask for process of reparatory justice to commence'

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Australians have joined Indigenous leaders and politicians across the Commonwealth to demand King Charles III make a formal apology for the effects of British colonisation, make reparations by redistributing the wealth of the British crown, and return artefacts and human remains.

Days out from Charles's coronation in London, campaigners for republic and reparations movements in 12 countries have written a letter asking the new monarch to start a process towards a formal apology and for a process of reparatory justice to commence".

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