Musicians launch song inspired by apology to stolen aboriginees

A new pop song released yesterday samples parts of a historic speech by Australia's prime minister and aims to promote reconciliation with the country's indigenous population.

The remix of the 1990s song From Little Things Big Things Grow borrows lines from Kevin Rudd's February apology to the country's "stolen generations" for 20th-century policies, under which some 100,000 Aboriginal children were taken from their families in a bid to make them grow up like white Australians.

The song was released in digital-only format and is the brainchild of community advocacy organization GetUp.