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Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has proposed changing the constitution to recognise a new representative body for empowering Indigenous Australians.

Prime minister Tony Abbott committed his new government to a referendum to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution ahead of the 2013 election, saying he would put forward a draft amendment within twelve months of taking office.

Noel Pearson appeared on ABC’s Lateline programme on 10 September 2014 to discuss what would be involved in changing the Constitution to recognise Indigenous Australians. Noel Pearson was welcomed back to Lateline following the release of the latest Quarterly Essay, A Rightful Place, where he argues that the idea of race in the Australian Constitution has had a distorting effect…

Prime minister Tony Abbott committed his new government to a referendum to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution ahead of the 2013 election, saying he would put forward a draft amendment within twelve months of taking office. On Tuesday, minister for Indigenous affairs Nigel Scullion indicated that the government is likely to delay any formal discussion…

In A Rightful Place, Noel Pearson shows how the idea of “race” was embedded in the Constitution, and the distorting effect this has had. Now there is a chance to change it – if we can agree on a way forward. Pearson shows what Constitutional recognition means, and what it could make possible: true equality and a renewed appreciation of an…

Had Galarrwuy Yunupingu and his dilak elders been present at the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, there might have been a scene like this:

Attacks on Pearson ignore depth of his contribution to indigenous politics, writes Rachel Perkins.

Indigenous community leader Noel Pearson has challenged the views of Senator Nova Peris on the issue of Aboriginal income management, warning that a failure to intervene could see more children taken away from their parents. Speaking on ABC’s Q&A program, broadcast live from Arnhem Land, Mr Pearson said he supported the Aboriginal income management proposals made by mining magnate

QUEENSLAND’S Wild Rivers legislation has been declared invalid in Cape York, ending a five-year struggle by indigenous groups to preserve the right to pursue economic opportunities in the region.

ABORIGINAL leaders have hailed a Federal Court Wild Rivers laws victory as a win over “economic apartheid”.

Planned changes to race hate laws will embolden bigots, disempower the vulnerable and set back the cause of reconciliation and closing the gap, the indigenous leader most admired by Prime Minister Tony Abbott warns.

Northern Territory Education Minister Peter Chandler has completed a three-day tour of remote Indigenous schools on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula.