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    Statement to the nation (Bicentennial year)

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    NATIONAL ASSEMBLY




    STATEMENT TO THE NATION
    UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN BICENTENN[...]s been inhabited for 40,000 years, the Australian nation is celebrating the Bicentennial of the
    first Euro[...]ents of history have brought together here in one nation, people of diverse
    cultures. As a church w[...]of violence and
    injustice.

    The integrity of our nation requires truth; the history of Australia, as it i[...]te and status of Aborigines within the Australian nation.

    The integrity of our nation will be measured by action; by legislative action which honours the Aboriginal plea
    for justice, and by popular action by which the Australian people express their will[...]ience to God, in concern for the integrity of our nation, and in co­
    operation with all citizens o[...]re conscious of conflicts and tensions within the nation and the world. We deplore the divisions of humani[...]et person against person, group against group, or nation against nation.

    We recognise a widening gap between the[...]htful claims of the poor on the resources of this nation and the world. We
    will seek to identify an[...]

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    Statement to the nation (Bicentennial year)
    Public Statement