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A new constitutional approach to Indigenous recognition: Noel Pearson
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…
Lateline: Noel Pearson – Need to convince ninety per cent of population to change constitution
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…
Noel Pearson: we need our own version of the Gettysburg address – ABC RN Breakfast
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…
Noel Pearson: Lateline – Need to convince ninety per cent of population to change constitution
Indigenous leader, Noel Pearson, discusses what would be involved in changing the constitution to recognise Indigenous Australians. TONY JONES, PRESENTER: Tonight’s guest is Noel Pearson, the chairman of the Cape…
Quarterly Essay – A Rightful Place Released
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…
A Rightful Place: The Monthly
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: I wait for…
Pearson’s critics enjoying ‘national sport’: Rachel Perkins
Attacks on Pearson ignore depth of his contribution to indigenous politics, writes Rachel Perkins. Anyone who chooses to be an Aboriginal leader has to be mad. I realised this early…
Noel Pearson disputes Nova Peris’s view on income management in Aboriginal communities
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…
Defeat of the Wild Rivers legislation is a win for the Wik people: Nyunggai Warren Mundine
It was great to see Cape York traditional owners defeat Queensland’s Wild Rivers legislation in the Federal Court last week. In 2009 the Bligh Labor government declared 3 major Cape…
$22 million Government grant to provide timely literacy boost
The Australian Government today committed to improve the literacy results of children in remote primary schools by awarding $22 million to the organisation Good to Great Schools Australia. Minister for…
Cape York’s Wild Rivers victory
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. A…
Cape York Aboriginal leaders celebrate Wild Rivers Federal Court victory
ABORIGINAL leaders have hailed a Federal Court Wild Rivers laws victory as a win over “economic apartheid”. Cape York crusader Martha Koowarta led the four-year legal battle against the declaration…