Australia: Australia's Aborigines To Launch Political Party

Australia: Australia's Aborigines To Launch Political Party An Aboriginal activist seeking to establish a political party for Australia's native people Thursday said he hoped to give the country's disadvantaged "first people" a voice. Indigenous rights campaigner Maurie Ryan has applied to have the "First Nations" party registered with Australia's electoral commission to address what he feels is a lack of real advocacy for the country's native tribes. "The reason why we created the...

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