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Dumped indigenous welfare program rated ‘a success’
An independent review of an indigenous welfare program, dumped last week by the Queensland government, has found there is “good evidence” the reforms have helped communities and should be continued….
Queensland opposes community-controlled reform
Australia has an inequality problem. But it is not the inequality problem of the US, as generally assumed. The August report of the Productivity Commission, Rising Inequality: A Stocktake of…
Noel Pearson envisages an Australia unified through the pursuit of self-interest
The outspoken advocate delivered a pointed vision of the nation’s journey to unification while delivering the annual Hal Wootten Lecture at UNSW Sydney. Noel Pearson delivered an optimistic “Declaration to…
Murraylands to be added to Empowered Communities
The Murraylands’ Aboriginal people will be granted more power to determine how federal funding is spent under an initiative to be introduced next month. The Ngarrindjeri nation is the first…
Noel Pearson wary of ‘progressives’
Cape York lawyer Noel Pearson has warned against blindly adopting progressive ideology in indigenous affairs, questioned the value of state-based treaty discussions and unveiled a form of words for a…
Working together for social change with Indigenous Cape York communities
Over the last 12 months, three Department of Jobs and Small Business staff members have travelled to Cape York in Far North Queensland to work alongside not-for-profit organisations. The work…
Cape York students to unite for annual music camp
STUDENTS from the remote indigenous communities of Aurukun, Coen and Hope Vale will hone their instrumental and vocal skills as part of the 7th annual Queensland Music Festival’s (QMF) Cape…
Radical Heart- Shireen Morris Book Extract
Malcolm Turnbull could have just said no. Instead he made the dishonest “No” case. Why? My best explanation is that he got scared by the Indigenous consensus. Scared by the…
Land Council says one claim isn’t taking away land owners’ rights
THE Cape York Land Council has assured traditional land owners behind the largest native title claim in Australian history that their rights won’t be locked out. A number of people…
Empowered Aboriginals to succeed: Pearson
Cape York leader Noel Pearson has criticised the progressive side of politics and the Aboriginal “industry” as being massive with too much of the $30 billion-plus spent annually going on…
Nigel Scullion Invites Groups to Submit Proposals to Regain Control of Land
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has invited Aboriginal groups from around the country to submit proposals to regain control of their land, service delivery and government funding. The move followed…
Noel Pearson says constitutional voice a ‘real chance’
Enshrining an indigenous advisory body in the constitution was a “real chance” and “not really any more a question of whether but how”, Cape York leader Noel Pearson has declared….