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Indigenous policy co-ordination and the promotion of reconciliation
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273:3 Dec 2007
256:Start date
178:located in
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853:Categories
560:References
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451:Mark Arbib
172:department
161:Australian
130:Finn Pratt
462:Nov 2011
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406:Feb 2013
265:Minister
259:End date
109:Employees
56:Dissolved
805:22 April
548:See also
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