Media and Speeches
‘Voice’ plan ready, ‘sense of justice’ still needed
Malcolm Turnbull’s criticism of the Referendum Council’s report on indigenous constitutional recognition — that it ...
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Indigenous community fights to preserve language that gave Australia the word ‘kangaroo’
An Indigenous language that has survived for more than 50,000 years and gave Australia the ...
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Review: Wik vs Queensland
Any first year law student could tell you the importance of Wik Peoples v Queensland [1996] HCA ...
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Noel Pearson offers PM a new path to First Nations voice
Noel Pearson has offered Malcolm Turnbull an olive branch on indigenous constitutional recognition, telling a ...
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Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti: AFL player passionate about indigenous education
Indigenous AFL star Anthony “Walla” McDonald-Tipungwuti could not read or write when he was thrown ...
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Remember passive welfare? It’s real, it’s still here and it’s hurting our children – Noel Pearson
Passive welfare has fallen out of the lexicon of Australia’s political leaders. Passive welfare is ...
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Law Council supports calls for Voice to Parliament
The Law Council has today called on the Australian Government to work with Aboriginal and ...
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AMA Endorses Uluru Statement from the Heart
The AMA Federal Council has endorsed the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which calls for a ...
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Aboriginal Councils address concerns at Cairns forum
FAR Northern indigenous communities are urging the Federal Government to extend its housing investment package ...
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Hieu Van Le’s story: one thread in Australia’s rich tapestry
Hieu Van Le arrived on a wooden boat that chugged into Darwin Harbour on a ...
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Building on the Uluru statement
In July last year, the Referendum Council met with the prime minister. It was a ...
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Steven Marshall looks to lessons from Noel Pearson
Steven Marshall says his focus as Aboriginal Affairs Minister will be on capacity-building rather than ...
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In the spirit of getting the ball rolling, Noel Pearson offers this ‘Declaration of Australia and the Australian People’
WHEREAS THREE STORIES MAKE AUSTRALIA: the Ancient Indigenous Heritage which is its foundation, the British ...
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Symbolic indigenous recognition for all of us – Noel Pearson
In my address to the 50th anniversary dinner of this newspaper in July 2014, I ...
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Noel Pearson’s stories from the heart of Australia
Three stories that “make Australia” are the centrepiece of a historic declaration drafted by Noel ...
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Danny Gilbert: Why we need an Indigenous ‘voice to the Parliament’
Twelve months later we yet have another Joint Select Committee considering Indigenous Constitutional Recognition. We ...
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The Uluru Statement From The Heart Lowitja O’donoghue Oration 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD6rn1lSafk I thank the Kaurna people for your kindness. I bring greetings from Cape York ...
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Noel Pearson calls for a ‘declaration’ celebrating all Australians
Cape York lawyer Noel Pearson says there is still a "window" to develop a constitutionally-enshrined ...
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Regions key to giving voice to recognition, says Noel Pearson
Indigenous constitutional recognition will remain “unresolved” unless the proposed advisory voice to parliament is taken ...
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Two years on from the Palaszczuk intervention, it’s time for a report on Aurukun school
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, two years ago you wanted the Aurukun school on Cape York to ...
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