Aborigines left out of Australian election, says senator
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Once again, Australia's Aboriginal community has been forgotten as the country prepares for a general election, according to its only indigenous senator, Aden Ridgeway.
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Prime Minister John Howard has been  demonized by Aborigines for a decade, but on Tuesday one of  Australia's most influential black leaders said Howard could be  the person that ends generations of black squalor.
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Australia's aboriginal population is  booming as more people identify themselves as indigenous, but  Aborigines continue to be the nation's most disadvantaged  group, dying some 17 years younger.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Monday denied a crackdown on child sexual abuse in remote Aboriginal communities was an election stunt, after a poll found voters saw it as a bid to grab votes.
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia on Tuesday asked Parliament to approve an apology to the countryâs indigenous minorities for their past mistreatment.
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Aborigines in white body paint danced and sang traditional songs in Australia's national Parliament on Tuesday in a historic ceremony many hoped would mark a new era of race relations in the country.
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White candidates should be barred from standing for Parliament in up to eight constituencies in order to get more black and Asian MPs elected, says a controversial report commissioned by Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman
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An Australian government rethink of its welfare system for Aborigines sparks widespread controversy.
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BRISBANE, Australia : A top Australian politician and Aboriginal leaders flew to an offshore island hit by unrest with a plan to prevent violence breaking out again.
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Australia's government refuses a request for reparations by Aborigines taken from their families.
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However this election won&#39;t occur in November and it won&#39;t involve an electoral college. I&#39;m talking about next week&#39;s national elections in Australia.
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OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Dalle scuse del governo agli aborigeni nascerÃ  una nuova stagione di comprensione, pace, sviluppo Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Le scuse ufficiali che il governo australiano, guidato dal neo Premier Kevin Rudd, porgerÃ  agli aborigeni il 13 febbraio prossimo, in memoria del fenomeno della Âgenerazione rubataÂ (vedi Fides 31/1/2008), rappresentano unÂop...
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SYDNEY - Australia&#39;s opposition Labor leader, Mr Mark Latham, has spoken about the need for the government to shift attention away from Iraq to South-east Asia and to put much greater effort into supporting Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore in combating
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The Australian government's plan to apologise to Aborigines for past injustices ran into trouble Thursday when the opposition indicated it might not support the move.
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Australians voted in parliamentary elections Saturday with Prime Minister John Howard and his Labor Party challenger in a virtual dead heat, following a campaign that focused more on the economy and social programs than on Howard's decision to send troops to Iraq.
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The Australian government will take the historic step of offering a formal apology to Aborigines "as early as possible" in the new parliament, Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said Monday.
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Australia apologized on Wednesday for the historic mistreatment of Aborigines in a move indigenous leaders said would help end generations of pain.