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The Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Mr Holding, has indicated that his Department would ignore the 1982 Federal Census estimate of the size of the Victorian Aboriginal population. While the 1976 Census put the number of Victorian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders at 14,760, the 1981 Census recorded 6,057 Aborigines and T.S.I. On 21 March, Mr Holding said that there probably had been an error in the 1981 Census estimate. He said he would regard his Department's population estimate 'as far more likely to be accurate. They'd be in a far better position to estimate accurately the population'. A DAA working paper obtained by Melbourne's Age puts Victoria's black population at 15,339 - a figure much closer to the 1976 Census result.
The Victorian Government has introduced into Parliament the Aboriginal Land Claims Bill. Aboriginal opposition to the Bill has been considerable. The legislation will be analysed in the next AboriginalLB.
Both the Centralian Advocate and the Alice Springs Star have been censured by the Australian Press Council for their reporting of the `Ti Tree Incident'. Following complaints by a number of NT residents, the Press Council released its decision on 10 May 1982 (Adjudication No. 130).
Concerning the `Ti Tree Incident', see [1981] AboriginalLB 13; 1(1)pg9 ; [1981] AboriginalLB 33; 1(2)pg9; [1982] AboriginalLB 21; 1(4)pg2.
Stephen Macliver has taken over as principal legal officer for the West Australian Aboriginal Legal Service. He follows in the footsteps of Henry Wallwork QC, Peter Dowding MLC and Justice Toohey. Peter Michelides, Macliver's immediate predecessor, had been on secondment to the Service from the Legal Aid Commission. Macliver has worked at the ALS offices in Perth, Kalgoorlie and Kununurra.
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