Larissa Behrendt points out that once again Indigenous Australians are the losers in the National Human Rights consultations.

This week's apology to the Stolen Generation is a key moment for Aboriginal Australians, but it is also a defining for non-indigenous Australians. It is pivotal in the subterranean battle over what it is to be an Australian. In the last 30 years we have been immersed in debates about Australian identity. But we have not always been so uncertain about who we are.