Acts of Australia, Canada and New Zealand on equality and the status of indigenous peoples: the Australian Racial Discrimination Act and Aboriginal Land Rights Act, Canada's Indian Act and Multiculturalism Act and the New Zealand act that decriminalised male homosexual acts. A statute belongs here when its cited article describes it as an act of one of these three states on equality, race, indigenous rights or sexuality. It excludes British and South African acts.
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Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Wikipedia)
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The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (ALRA) is Australian federal government legislation that provides the basis upon which Aboriginal Australian people in the Northern Territory can claim rights to land based on traditional occupation.
Canadian Multiculturalism Act (Wikipedia)
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The Canadian Multiculturalism Act (French: Loi sur le multiculturalisme canadien) is a law of Canada, passed in 1988, that aims to preserve and enhance cultural diversity, i.e. multiculturalism, in Canada.
Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 (Wikipedia)
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The Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 is a New Zealand Act of Parliament that broadly legalised consensual sexual practices between men as well as consensual anal sex regardless of partners' gender.
Indian Act, Wikipedia
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The Indian Act (French: Loi sur les Indiens) is a Canadian Act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves.
Racial Discrimination Act 1975, Wikipedia
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The Act makes racial discrimination in certain contexts unlawful in Australia, and also overrides state and territory legislation to the extent of any inconsistency.
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