Dodson's capital investment safe as houses 1 All-round Country Edition

MICK Dodson does not advocate private property ownership on communal Aboriginal land, but in suburban Canberra he holds his own wise investment in bricks and mortar. While Mr Dodson stands to benefit from this purchase, he contends that the Howard Government's plan to allow private home ownersh...

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Published inWeekend Australian
Main Author Jennifer Sexton, Anthony Klan, Additional reporting: Mark Dodd
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Canberra, A.C.T News Limited 24.09.2005
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Dodson, MICK
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Summary:MICK Dodson does not advocate private property ownership on communal Aboriginal land, but in suburban Canberra he holds his own wise investment in bricks and mortar. While Mr Dodson stands to benefit from this purchase, he contends that the Howard Government's plan to allow private home ownership on Aboriginal land would "worsen" the economic circumstances of remote indigenous people. Houses on such lands were now owned by Aboriginal trusts and councils and leased back to residents.