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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Simon McCarthy

Leading to change: Hunter First Nations advocate Sean Gordon on AM honour at dawn of Voice vote

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The decisions we make today have the potential to ripple through generations. Sean Gordon knows that better than most.

The Hunter First Nations advocate who has dedicated his working life to carving out the long path to reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians was born into the foster system on the former Brewarrina Aboriginal Mission and said his time growing up among young indigenous kids living with the effects of the NSW government's Aboriginal Protection Act instilled in him a need to look out for his community.

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