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May 20, 2011
Four United Nations entities today launched a new initiative to promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples, aiming to strengthen their institutions and ability to fully participate in governance and policy processes at the local and national levels.
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May 19, 2011
AN audit into the NSW government's indigenous policy has found it inefficient and lacking accountability for the $2.65 billion spent on Aboriginal affairs each year.
The audit of the Two Ways Together plan introduced by the former Labor government in 2003 -- a policy that costs about $40 million a year in administration alone -- found a distinct lack of accountability among government agencies managing programs for an estimated 160,000 Aboriginal people in the state.
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