Daniel Andrews apologises to Archie Roach for ‘torture, unspeakable hurt’ of government policies

Apology accepted by the Aunty Myrtle Evans, the sister of the singer and storyteller

The Victorian government has formally apologised to songman and storyteller Archie Roach at his state memorial service in Melbourne.

The Gunditjmara-Bundjalung elder died in July at the age of 66 after a long illness.

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