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Australia: sector warns of No vote implications

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Australia rejected engraining Indigenous people in the constitution by developing a specialist advisory body in a referendum on October 14. The vote would have entrenched a Voice to Parliament that would represent Indigenous citizens, who make up 3.8% The organisation’s Help Australia Thrive!

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Aus: sector to knuckle down on gov’t report

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Chief executive Catriona Jackson welcomed the five immediate actions in the report, which will uncap places for all Indigenous students, remove barriers for students from underrepresented backgrounds and extend the Higher Education Continuity Guarantee.

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AIEC attendees have their say on challenges

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“We are going to have to deal with an underlying racism that pervades Australia,” said founder and director of Learning Cities International , David Wilmoth. “I I think there is a bit of push back within some sectors of Australian society around international students falsely thinking about housing and jobs,” he said. “I