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Article: Fed: Howard says announcement soon on welfare package=2
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- July 4, 2007
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AAP General News (Australia)
07-04-2007
Fed: Howard says announcement soon on welfare package=2
Aboriginal social justice commissioner Tom Calma has cast doubt on the effectiveness
of the federal government's plan.
Mr Calma said it was difficult to make informed comment on the plan to place restrictions
on welfare payments because details were not available.
But he said he would only support measures that applied equally across Australia "and
not just directed specifically towards one racial group".
"I mentioned the race discrimination act earlier as one of the human rights instruments
that the government needs to be conscious ...