20 March 2013 Last updated at 20:36 ET
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has issued an apology to people affected by Australia's forced adoption policy between the 1950s and 1970s.
Tens of thousands of babies of unmarried, mostly teenage mothers, were thought to have been taken by the state and given to childless married couples.
Many women said they were coerced into signing away their children.
Ms Gillard made the apology at Parliament House in Canberra in the presence of hundreds of the victims.
Last February, a Senate committee called for the national apology after investigating the impact of forced adoption practices.
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