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How Peter Dutton blocked Indigenous names for bases

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The Defence Minister's Reconciliation Action Plan

Dutton said he understands symbolism has a role in reconciliation. He seems willing to acknowledge that maybe things could have been done differently with the apology but that's a long time ago. Karran, what happened when dutton was defence minister? Well, the defense force and the defence department, together, we call them defence, have a reconciliation action plan. And it has 61 actions in it that defence undertakes to complete by the end december of this year. Another key undertaking was to give major defence bases around the country dual names.

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