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Rudd's lost plan for a national museum of Indigenous Australians
Kevin Rudd had begun secret discussions to create a new national cultural institution dedicated to Indigenous Australians before he was dumped as prime minister.
Tom McIlroy is a political reporter for Fairfax Media in the federal press gallery at Parliament House.
Kevin Rudd had begun secret discussions to create a new national cultural institution dedicated to Indigenous Australians before he was dumped as prime minister.
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