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The Uniting Church in Australia has welcomed the call by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights to investigate the proposed Stronger Futures legislation.

The Uniting Church's justice unit UnitingJustice Australia has written to Senators urging them to reject the Stronger Futures legislation scheduled for debate in the Senate today.

The Uniting Church in Australia has welcomed a statement by the Yolngu Nations Assembly that rejects any further extension of the Northern Territory Intervention.

On Close the Gap Day, the Uniting Church in Australia acknowledges that there is significant work to be done in overcoming the disadvantage facing many Indigenous Australians.

The Uniting Church in Australia today expressed its disappointment in the Senate Report into the Stronger Futures Legislation.

The Uniting Church in Australia believes that today's report from the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People signals a landmark opportunity in our journey towards reconciliation.

The Uniting Church in Australia and the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) of the Uniting Church has congratulated the Australian Government on its announcement of a referendum on the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian Constitution.

The Uniting Church in Australia has warned that Tony Abbott's denial of Australia's discriminatory past promotes a disturbing and socially divisive doctrine which could erode historical facts of national importance.

President of the Uniting Church in Australia, Rev. Alistair Macrae has condemned the recent comments by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and other Opposition members concerning the acknowledgement of traditional Indigenous ownership of land as ignorant and destructive.

The Uniting Church in Australia has taken its vehement opposition to the Northern Territory Emergency Response to the United Nations.

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