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16 May 2017
A statement about the First Peoples of Australia could acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples lived on the continent and its islands before the British arrived.
13 comments
16 May 2017
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the First Peoples, but today they are less than 3% of the Australian population.
6 comments
16 May 2017
Section 51 is the part of the Constitution that lets the Australian Parliament make national laws about different matters, like tax and welfare.
13 comments
16 May 2017
Section 25 of the Constitution talks about the States banning people of any race from voting in State elections.
11 comments
16 May 2017
Racial discrimination is when a person or a group of people is singled out and treated differently because of how they look or because of their culture. All of the states and territories have laws and policies to stop racial discrimination.
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