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“I acknowledge deeply and regret Parliaments own role in endorsing the policies and actions of successive governments which devastated Aboriginal communities and inflicted, and continue to inflict, grief and suffering upon Aboriginal families and communities.” – Bob Carr, Premier of New South Wales (Clark). Aborigines have become the minority in Australia, a country they used to be the sole occupants of. Their relationship to the government as a minority has affected them profusely. Many of the …

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