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Heroes and villains of budgets past

By Chris Graham, May 10, 2011
Gough Whitlam famously pours sand into the hands of Vincent Lingiari in 1974, as he announces the return of Aboriginal land to traditional custodians. Just a few weeks earlier, Whitlam cut funding to the Aboriginal budget despite a massive increase in the government's coffers.

NATIONAL: Some of the Prime Ministers considered to be the great friends of Aboriginal people, have turned out to be their betrayers, writes CHRIS GRAHAM. 

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