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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Miriam Webber

Aboriginal Tent Embassy calls on Albanese for consultation on Uluru Statement from the Heart

Gwenda Stanley, custodian of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. Picture: Karleen Minney

Aboriginal Tent Embassy representatives say they reject the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and urge Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and incoming Indigenous Affairs Minister Linda Burney to consult with them further.

Speaking days after Mr Albanese promised to commit to the statement, Gomeroi woman and embassy caretaker Gwenda Stanley and Ularoy man Clayton Simpson said the statement threatens First Nations peoples' sovereignty, and lacks a representative body with might.

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