Bill Shorten promises to make Indigenous policy priorities ‘a national political issue’
Labor will abolish the “discriminatory, punitive and ineffective” community development program as part of a reconciliation action plan to increase opportunities for Indigenous Australians, Senator Pat Dodson has announced.
Labor’s Indigenous caucus unveiled the plan on the second day of its 48th national conference. Dodson and the party’s leader, Bill Shorten, promised to make Labor “the party of choice for first Australians” by boosting representation and delivering a voice to parliament.
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