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Australia's parliament recognizes indigenous peoples as first inhabitants
Deutsche Welle
The House of Representatives approved the bill in a unanimous vote on Wednesday, giving the nearly 500,000 indigenous Australians legal recognition as the nation's first inhabitants. Prime Minister Julia Gillard stressed the importance of gaining ...

Constitution needs to include Australia's first chapter
Sydney Morning Herald
But many indigenous Australians, and indeed Howard himself, continued to press the importance of constitutional recognition. Howard rededicated himself to the task in 2007, and it has long been the policy for parties across the political spectrum.

Substance abuse inspires celebration of Aboriginal culture
ABC Online
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: It's been an historic day for Indigenous Australians. Legislation acknowledging them as the first inhabitants of Australia has passed the Federal Parliament. The recognition is welcome of course, but there's still a long, long ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Parliamentary bill to acknowledge indigenous Australians
Radio Australia
Australia's lower house of parliament has passed a bill, committing the country to changing the constitution to acknowledge indigenous Australians. Parliamentary bill to acknowledge indigenous Australians (Credit: ABC). The symbolic move is aimed at ...
Parliament votes for indigenous recognitionThe Australian
Nation's 'wound' closer to being healedSydney Morning Herald
New govt bill recognises Australia's indigenous communityThe Sunshine Coast Daily
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Australian parliament unanimously passes indigenous recognition bill for ...
TNT Magazine
"I do believe the community is willing to embrace the justice of this campaign because Australians understand that indigenous culture and history are a source of pride for us all," Ms Gillard said. "This bill seeks to foster momentum for a referendum ...
Australia passes indigenous recognition billBBC News
Constitution needs to include Australia's first chapterThe Age
Kevin Rudd led indigenous recognition, says Julia GillardThe Daily Telegraph
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Kevin Rudd led indigenous recognition, says Julia Gillard
The Australian
There was no mention of indigenous Australians, their connection to the land, their dispossession, their proud and ancient cultures, or the ''unhealed wound that even now lies open at the heart of our national story'' in the document's 128 sections ...

Kevin Rudd led indigenous recognition, says Julia Gillard
NEWS.com.au
There was no mention of indigenous Australians, their connection to the land, their dispossession, their proud and ancient cultures, or the ''unhealed wound that even now lies open at the heart of our national story'' in the document's 128 sections ...

New govt bill recognises Australia's indigenous community
The Sunshine Coast Daily
THE fifth anniversary of former prime minister Kevin Rudd's apology to members of the stolen generation was marked by the passing of a bill through the lower house to recognise "the unique and special place" of indigenous Australians. Prime Minister ...

Making the national apology count for Indigenous children
The Conversation
Fiona Arney at the Australian Centre for Child Protection at the University of South Australia receives research funding from the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Government Department of ...

BBC News
Australia passes indigenous recognition bill
BBC News
Australia's lower house has unanimously passed a bill recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples as the country's first inhabitants. The move came on the fifth anniversary of the historic apology to indigenous Australians for past ...

Politics live: February 13, 2013
Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian Constitution needs to acknowledge the simple truth that the continent was not empty when the settlers arrived. The absence of recognition has proved a means of entrenching discrimination against indigenous peoples since white settlement.

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Ol politisen sapotim Indigenous luksave vote
Radio Australia
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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 ...

Sydney Morning Herald
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 ...