Fed: Dodson praises Fraser call for bill of rights = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-25-2000
Fed: Dodson praises Fraser call for bill of rights = 2

Mr Dodson called on Liberal MPs not to toe the party line laid down by Prime Minister
John Howard.

"I'd be surprised if there wasn't (a division). I think we're foolish if we think they're
all unified behind what Mr Howard's got to say," he said.

"Take courage, step out into the deep here.

"Actually, seek to have a reconciled Australia based on some new thinking rather than
regurgitation of the outmoded thoughts that were relevant 20, 30 years ago."

Mr Dodson urged Australians not to fear a treaty with indigenous people because it
was not a threat to the country's sovereignty.

"We're not talking about some separatist, apartheid nation-within-nations arrangement," he said.

"We've just got to begin to debate and consider how this can be better improved."

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