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From 1:33:40, CYP Group CEO Fiona Jose joins ABC North Queensland’s Drive to discuss the new reforms and the Personal Responsibility and Opportunities Act—listen to the segment here.

The anecdotal evidence is all around on Cape York in far north Queensland that children thrive on the opportunities and responsibilities that come from good education and the right mentoring.

Twenty-five years ago, the Cape York Partnership launched a radical social attack. We attacked injustice and inequality, and the passive welfare system that managed disadvantage instead of ending it. We stopped accepting that, in a prosperous country, Aboriginal people live in a Fourth World reality – poverty, ill health and disadvantage – that would shame any nation.

Noel Pearson’s Cape York Partnership has embarked on a radical reboot of Indigenous politics and unveiled a post-welfare vision for the “bottom million” Australians regardless of race, with a plan to make quality education a legal right and centre policy on personal responsibility.

The results are in from the Cape York Partnership founded by Mr Pearson, and they hold the promise that it is possible to close the gap in a single generation.

The Australian’s news podcast, The Front, takes a close look at Cape York Partnership’s new reform blueprint – an Indigenous-led agenda aimed at lifting the bottom million Australians out of poverty and reframing national debates on education, welfare and opportunity. Host Claire Harvey and Indigenous Affairs Correspondent Paige Taylor explore the ideas driving the plan and the questions it raises…

I write to send my love and that of our First Peoples of Cape York Peninsula to those who were loved by and who loved our grand lady, Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG, who passed this last Sunday, aged 91.

There’s a great deal of goodwill for our cause. It’s a modest ask from Indigenous Australians to have a say over the things that affect us

Cape York Partnership CEO Fiona Jose has been appointed a place on the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Board. Fiona is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leader dedicated to education, reform and empowering change for Indigenous Australia. Joining as the second Indigenous member on the nine-person board, Fiona will be jointly responsible for the strategic direction, goal setting…

By Caroline Overington, The Australian’s Literary EditorThis article was originally published in The Australian on Thursday 23 December 2021   There is no public figure as important as Noel Pearson, and there are no problems more urgent than those he wishes to tackle. The Weekend Australian’s Books pages Book of the Year is Noel Pearson’s Mission. The reason is simple: there…

Executive Summary Cape York Institute (CYI) shares the Commonwealth Government’s commitment to abolishing the Community Development Program (CDP) and welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Remote Engagement Program discussion paper. To prosper, Indigenous Australians must have the opportunity to be a part of the national and global economy, powered by real jobs and a strong and agile workforce. For…

Media Release A collaboration of Indigenous policy, peaks, and employment and empowerment organisations are calling for urgent action to create significant growth in employment in remote Indigenous communities. Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT, Cape York Institute, Empowered Communities leaders from remote regions and Indigenous controlled employment organisations have called on the government to fully fund at least 12,000 new jobs over…