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Indigenous Australians protest plans to scrap umbrella body.

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| May 24, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Indigenous Australians from around the country have marched on Parliament House in the national capital, Canberra. Jasmine Phillips reports they are protesting the government's decision to scrap the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Commission, ATSIC.

[Phillips] Around 150 people gathered at the Aboriginal tent embassy to march on Parliament House this morning. The rally, organized by members of the ATSIC Community Development Employment Programme, brought indigenous Australians from as far as Perth and Cairns to …

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