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Australian MPs vote for Aboriginal recognition
The West Australian
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian lawmakers formally recognised indigenous peoples as the country's first inhabitants, five years after an historic apology to Aborigines for past wrongs. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition Bill was ...

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Nation's 'wound' closer to being healed
Sydney Morning Herald
''We have to acknowledge, that pre-1788, this land was as Aboriginal then as it is Australian now, and until we have acknowledged that we will be an incomplete nation and a torn people,'' Mr Abbott said. ''We need to atone for the omissions and for the ...
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Send 10000 indigenous to uni: Rudd
The Australian
While Julia Gillard was heralding the passage of an act of recognition that commits Australia to changing the Constitution to acknowledge indigenous Australians, the former prime minister was in Adelaide to mark the fifth anniversary of his apology to ...

A step sideways for Aboriginal recognition
Crikey (blog)
That's the case with a remarkable feel-good piece by Michael Gordon in today's Age on the “recognition” of indigenous Australians. The occasion is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition Bill (pdf here), due to pass the House of ...

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Politicians unite on Indigenous recognition vote
ABC Online
The House of Representatives has passed legislation recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first inhabitants of Australia. The bill is considered an interim step on the path towards an eventual referendum for constitutional change.

House of Reps backs Indigenous recognition
ABC Online
The House of Representatives has passed legislation recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first inhabitants of Australia. The bill is considered an interim step on the path towards an eventual referendum for constitutional change.

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Parliament votes for indigenous recognition
The Australian
THE nation's federal parliament has voted in favour of an historic act of recognition which commits Australia to changing the Constitution to acknowledge indigenous Australians, with Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard joining together in a momentous ...
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Pressure growing for Constitutional recognition of indigenous people
Radio Australia
It's five years today since Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister made the landmark apology to indigenous Australians for the grief, mistreatment and suffering that's occured since European settlers landed two centuries ago. Pressure growing for Constitutional ...

Indigenous people a step closer to the constitution
Bellingen Courier Sun
The Aboriginal and Australian flags are seen flying on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the day Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered an apology to the Aboriginal people on February 13, 2008. Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images. Aborigines ...

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Indigenous people a step closer to the constitution
The Border Mail
The Aboriginal and Australian flags are seen flying on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the day Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered an apology to the Aboriginal people on February 13, 2008. Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images. Aborigines ...

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Indigenous people a step closer to the constitution
Bunbury Mail
The Aboriginal and Australian flags are seen flying on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the day Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered an apology to the Aboriginal people on February 13, 2008. Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images. Aborigines ...

Indigenous people a step closer to the constitution
The Inverell Times
The Aboriginal and Australian flags are seen flying on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the day Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered an apology to the Aboriginal people on February 13, 2008. Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images. Aborigines ...

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Recognition bill passes lower house
NEWS.com.au
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott put aside politics on Wednesday as the lower house passed legislation to create an Act of Recognition of indigenous people. The National Congress of Australia's First People spokeswoman ...

Indigenous recognition on special day
The Australian
"The message from indigenous people is that we want a referendum, when we will get a resounding yes." Recognise spokeswoman Tanya Hosch says it is time to fix the long silence by amending Australia's founding document. "When people look at our ...

Dodson calls for new wave of crusaders
The Australian
"I'm also conscious that, on this special anniversary, we acknowledge the courage that enabled Kevin Rudd to offer the apology and the generosity of spirit that enabled indigenous Australians to accept it," she will say. "We are only able to consider ...

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Wayne goes into bat for indigenous youth
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HE is a butcher, a cricketer and one of the shining lights of a program enabling indigenous young people from country areas to live and work in Perth. Bentley resident Wayne Norman, who is originally from Kununurra, first came to Perth on a cricket ...

The Canberra Times
Jail costly way to tackle scourge
The Canberra Times
This month, the Australian National Council on Drugs's National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee released the report, An Economic Analysis for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Prisoners: Prison v Residential Treatment, prepared by Deloitte ...
Setback for drug and alcohol victimsABC Online

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Fine legacy of a shining moment
The Australian
It succeeded because of the force of its argument -- the vital element in any great speech -- that unless the apology was coupled with practical measures to improve the lives of indigenous Australians, the words would ring hollow. The notion of an ...
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Bennett: Indigenous team too slick
Sportal.com.au
While the NRL side did not appear to have shaken off their pre-season cobwebs, the Indigenous team played the match at a cracking pace, made fewer mistakes and looked generally hungrier. The six-tries-to-one drubbing, played in front of 41,201 fans at ...
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