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‘We need to be at the table’: nominated Indigenous candidates near 2015’s record high

Parties have nominated 40 Indigenous candidates so far, closing in on the 2015 record for representation on the ballot, when an all-time high of 10 Indigenous MPs were elected.

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN
August 7, 2019

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