The "apology" should not be seen overseas for something more than it is- merely another round in the "culture wars", which boils down to little more than Western, progressive, Judeo-Christian Society being hijacked by a bunch of socialist blow-hards to manufacture guilt for the benefit of their own ends.

Interestingly, the most cogent criticism of the apology comes from Noel Pearson, an aboriginal elder, who says all it will do is entrench a corrosive culture of victimhood among his people.

http://baliset.blogspot.com/2008/02/there-are-no-noble-savages-only-savages.html