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Arnhem Land leaders lodge voter suppression complaint against Australian Electoral Commission

Aboriginal sign languages have been used for thousands of years

[Fiona Murphy, ABC]

[Calla Wahlquist, The Guardian]

Matthew Ryan, the mayor of West Arnhem Regional Council, and Ross Mandi, the chairman of Yalu Aboriginal Corporation in Galiwinku, made the complaint last week alleging that the requirement for people to have a street number and postal address to be listed on the electoral role is discriminatory.

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Jody Barney is a Birri-Gubba/Woppaburra (Urangan) woman with a kinship to the Gurangi people of Barcaldine and is fluent in 18 Indigenous sign languages.

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