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A New Reconciliation

John Howard

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On Thursday 11 October, Prime Minister John Howard returned to The Sydney Institute, just days before calling the 2007 election, and spoke of his vision for reconciliation between white and black Australia. In his historically significant address, John Howard proposed 'a new Statement of Reconciliation incorporated into the Preamble of the Australian Constitution'. In his speech, the Prime Minister also admitted to not always handling Indigenous policy well over his years as prime minister and expressed his regret for that. His statement proposing a New Reconciliation was strongly supported by Indigenous leaders Noel Pearson and Jackie Huggins of Reconciliation Australia.

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On Thursday 11 October, Prime Minister John Howard returned to The Sydney Institute, just days before calling the 2007 election, and spoke of his vision for reconciliation between white and black Australia. In his historically significant address, John Howard proposed 'a new Statement of Reconciliation incorporated into the Preamble of the Australian Constitution'. In his speech, the Prime Minister also admitted to not always handling Indigenous policy well over his years as prime minister and expressed his regret for that. His statement proposing a New Reconciliation was strongly supported by Indigenous leaders Noel Pearson and Jackie Huggins of Reconciliation Australia.

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On Thursday 11 October, Prime Minister John Howard returned to The Sydney Institute, just days before calling the 2007 election, and spoke of his vision for reconciliation between white and black Australia. In his historically significant address, John Howard proposed 'a new Statement of Reconciliation incorporated into the Preamble of the Australian Constitution'. In his speech, the Prime Minister also admitted to not always handling Indigenous policy well over his years as prime minister and expressed his regret for that. His statement proposing a New Reconciliation was strongly supported by Indigenous leaders Noel Pearson and Jackie Huggins of Reconciliation Australia.

Key concepts: Prime minister, Thursday, Preamble, Regret, Statement (logic), Constitution, Indigenous, Law

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