Obstacles remain for Australian Aborigines 40 years after historic referendum
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Australia on Sunday marked 40 years since a historic referendum granted Aborigines citizenship, but celebrations were muted by stark reminders of the hardships facing the continent's original inhabitants.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has denied his plans to make would-be citizens pass tests heralded a return of the country's discriminatory immigration policy of decades gone by.
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Australia attempts to address issues facing indigenous communities with a new advisory body.
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An Australian government rethink of its welfare system for Aborigines sparks widespread controversy.
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The remains of two Australian soldiers killed in the Vietnam War were repatriated on Tuesday, more than 40 years after their deaths, an official said.
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Australian aboriginal leaders are to argue in the High Court that British tests on their ancestral remains should be stopped.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S involvement in Iraq and terrorism strikes in Southeast Asia have made defence and national security potentially decisive issues for voters as polling day nears.
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BRISBANE, Australia : An Aboriginal community in northern Australia is calm and under heavy guard after the death of a young indigenous man in police custody triggered riots.
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As severe water restrictions take effect in Australia&#39;s major agricultural area, experts say there are signs the country&#39;s worst drought in a century may finally be coming to an end.
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Sweden returned to Aboriginal elders the remains of 15 of their ancestors taken from Australia for scientific research a century ago.
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Prime Minister John Howard was heckled Sunday as he admitted some of Australia&#39;s Aborigines were still living on the fringes of society 40 years after a landmark vote recognising them as full citizens.
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Campaigning was never going to be easy for opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham: an Australian economy into its 13th year of expansion, interest rates at their lowest in 30 years, inflation in check an close race likely to be decided in just a
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An Australian state said it would fight a landmark court ruling this month that granted Aborigines native title to Perth, one of the country's major cities.
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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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For Aborigine Michael Long the blisters on his feet were a small price to pay for putting indigenous issues back onto Australia&#39;s political agenda during a meeting with Prime Minister John Howard on Friday.
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Community leaders in Australia protest over government plans to curb child abuse in Aboriginal areas.
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The questions were different yesterday, sterner and far more interesting than a week ago. Whereas the South Africans came and crumbled, Australia came and played.