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LNP risks bigot tag, votes to end Abstudy

Sydney : Australia | Jul 14, 2012 at 7:25 PM PDT
Source: The Courier-Mail
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Queensland's LNP has decided after a narrowly-won vote at the party's state convention. The Young LNP asked for the financial assistance scheme to be scrapped to end "positive discrimination", saying indigenous students should instead be rolled into the wider scheme. FULL ARTICLE AT The Courier-Mail
 
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