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Vic Opposition promises to fight racial discrimination
Monday, 7 December 2009
2:26:48 PM
VICTORIA, December 7, 2009: The Victorian opposition has promised to ramp up the fight against Aboriginal discrimination by restoring funding to Reconciliation Victoria if it wins government next year.
Victorian opposition Aboriginal affairs spokeswoman Jeanette Powell said a coalition government would provide Reconciliation Victoria with $200,000 in funding every year.
The state government cut funding to the organisation mid-year in a failed attempt to get it to merge with Stolen Generations Victoria.
But Ms Powell said the organisations have vastly different objectives.
"Stolen Generations Victoria focuses on supporting Indigenous Victorians, while Reconciliation Victoria works with non-Indigenous groups, sporting clubs and schools across Melbourne and with regional reconciliation groups to inform and educate people about Indigenous history and help fight discrimination," she said.
"Reconciliation Victoria has a proud history of helping to bring Victorians together and a Baillieu government will restore its funding to enable it to resume its great work."-AAP
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