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Australian Minister for Immigration Andrew Giles presents the emergency Migration Amendment Bill in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.

So Australia’s Indigenous population is known collectively as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. They accounted for 3.2% of Australia’s population in the 2021 census.