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Article: Caste-ing the vote: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voting rights in Queensland.
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- October 1, 2004
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In early 1947 Prime Minister Chifley requested all State Premiers to send, as soon as possible, a summary statement of the legal and civil status of Aborigines in their respective states because 'during the past few months overseas countries have evinced a considerable amount of interest in Australia's treatment of her aboriginal population.' (1) Queensland Premier Hanlon's scant, two page response was that, subject to certain exceptions (and he only identified nine), 'the 9,300 full blood aboriginals in Queensland have the same legal and civil status as the white population and are liable for Income Tax payments on their earnings'. At the top of his list of exceptions ...