Australia pressed Tony Blair to avoid meeting ‘troublemaker’ 1999 Indigenous delegation, archives reveal

<p>Representatives led by Patrick Dodson met Queen but memo reveals PM advised to plead ‘diary problems’</p><p>Tony Blair’s government was privately lobbied by Australia not to meet representatives of Indigenous communities who were described as “troublemakers”.</p><p>Papers released from Britain’s National Archives shed light on the behind-scenes-discussions about a delegation that came to the UK in late 1999.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/22/australia-pressed-tony-blair-to-avoid-meeting-troublemaker-1999-indigenous-delegation-archives-reveal">Continue reading...</a>