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Who or what is a fair dinkum First Australian?

Recognising Aboriginal people in the Constitution throws up a multitude of problems

27 September 2014

9:00 AM

27 September 2014

9:00 AM

The last thing that Aboriginal people need is affirmation in the Australian Constitution that we are in some way ‘special’ and ‘different’. Instead, we need help coming to terms with the fact that we are not.

It is understandable that Australians might support the idea of some form of recognition of Aboriginal people in the Australian Constitution.

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