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One Nation calls for indigenous seats (Sydney Morning Herald)

The political party founded by firebrand Pauline Hanson has called for two dedicated seats in federal parliament for indigenous people. Queensland One Nation Senate candidate Rod Evans said the two major parties had a paternalistic attitude towards Aborigines. "For too long we are hearing and...

Explain native title, Rann urged (The Australian)

Determined to forge a new legal-historical narrative in South Australia, native title groups are asking Premier Mike Rann to begin negotiations on "unfinished business" arising from the state's 1836 Letters Patent.  A meeting of the 27 native title groups at Clare over the weekend unanimously...