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Panel recommends indigenous recognition : By Lisa Martin, AAP January 18, 2012, 10:22 pm Indigenous Australians should be recognised in the body of the Constitution and racist sections should be scrapped, an expert panel has recommended. Labor has promised to hold a national referendum on the ...

Panel recommends indigenous recognition : It recommended inserting a new section (51A) to recognise that "the continent and its islands now known as Australia were first occupied by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people." The new section will also acknowledge the continuing relationship ...

Abbott welcomes indigenous report : Constitutional recognition for indigenous Australians should not amount to a one clause bill of rights, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says. Mr Abbott has welcomed a report from an expert panel which recommends indigenous Australians be recognised in ...