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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - The Australian government Tuesday introduced bills in Parliament to fight child sex abuse among Aborigines, in a plan condemned by critics as discriminatory and an attack on indigenous culture.
The bills were passed by the House of Representatives late Tuesday and were expected to be voted on the upper house Senate next week.
The center-right government used its superior numbers in the lower house to vote down amendments proposed by the center-left Labor Party opposition that would have made the plan comply with anti-discrimination laws.
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