On March 25, Vince Forrester addressed the Darlington branch of the ALP which passed the following motion:
“Darlington Branch welcomes the apology to the stolen generation. However, we demand that the Rudd Government immediately repeal the NT intervention legislation, stop welfare quarantining and the compulsory land acquisition, restore the Racial Discrimination Act, sign and implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and properly resource and consult with communities to respectfully addressed disadvantage”.