union and counselling. Other programs included in the $63 million package are link-up services, access to records, family support and parenting programs and an oral history project. Since funding was provided, Link-Up has assisted over 9400 people nationally in two years, involving 370 reunions. The Liberal Partys policies claim that they will continue to assist those families living with the repercussions of separation. The Labor Party also has similar policies and attitudes to the Liberal Party in relation to the Stolen Generation. Labor also feels that the solutions to the issue of the Stolen Generation includes counselling arrangements, the linking up of families, looking after peoples concerns psychologically who have been associated with this, and also compensation.The only difference, and probably a very major one, is that the Labor Party promises to make a national apology on behalf of the Commonwealth for any wrongs and hardships faced by the indigenous people as a result of policies of the past governments. The Liberal Party to this day has refused to do this, however they are still committed to assisting those affected by removal in a similar way to the Labor Party. In recent policy campaigns for the future election, Labor has promised, after full and inclusive negotiation with the Stolen Generations, to make a full response to the Brining Them Home Report. This response will include investigating non-adversarial methods of focusing on the need for compensation through procedures such as consultation, conciliation and negotiation. It was acknowledged from the outset that even the original Native Title Act would not help those who had been removed from their land and social networks and generations past by various pieces of legislation and government policies. Some such concerns have been addressed over the years by the establishment of Councils and bodies, however solutions to many of the major issues, and minor ones not m...
