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The Daily Telegraph
Secret plan to close Aboriginal tent embassy
By HELEN McCABE
25jan99
THE Federal Government has paved the way for removing the
Aboriginal tent embassy in Canberra by enacting a little-known
68-year-old law.
Territories Minister Ian Macdonald quietly introduced a 1932
trespass ordinance late last year for the "parliamentary triangle",
The Daily Telegraph has learned.
The area includes the lawns of Old Parliament House where the tent
embassy has been camped for 27 years.
As Aborigines at the tent embassy prepare for protests at
tomorrow's Australia Day ceremonies, senior government sources
have confirmed there have been discussions at a senior level about
closing down the heritage-listed site.
Government sources said talk of the plan had been kept
confidential because of fears of violent demonstrations similar to
those in 1972 when the then Liberal Government moved to tear
down the embassy.
Labor said the plan had cast new doubts over the Government's
commitment to reconciliation.
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