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Lost generation finds new pride
When the Cape York Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson was in year 5 at Hopevale primary school, in the mid-1970s, a fill-in teacher arrived to take his class. She was an…
Launch of EzeBoard House at Djarragun College
A collaboration between Remote Housing Australia, Cape York Institute and Djarragun College, the EzeBoard House is poised to change housing in remote and regional Australia.
Govt delays plan to protect Cape York
The federal government is keeping Cape York off a list of potential world heritage sites until it can achieve support for the controversial proposal from Aboriginal landowners. Environment Department spokesman…
Classroom no place for ‘ideologues’
INDIGENOUS leader Noel Pearson has laid the blame for poor educational standards in Aboriginal Australia at the feet of ”ideology producers” in academia, ”ideology upholders” in the public service and…
Businesses condemn wild rivers plan for Cape York
NON-indigenous owners of two long-established businesses vital to life in Cape York have joined Aboriginal groups in vocal opposition to the Queensland Government’s declaration of wild rivers in their region….
Major calls on Bligh to release ‘secret’ wild rivers letter
Indigenous campaigner Tania Major has called on the Queensland government to release its correspondence with an environment group before the last election. The former Young Australian of the Year said…
Wild Rivers legislation tainted by lobbyists: Pearson
The director of the Cape York Institute says paid lobbyists have influenced the Queensland Government’s Wild Rivers legislation in the state’s far north. The claim comes as a poll shows…
Cape York activists gatecrash Wilderness party
The Wilderness Society is used to conducting its own protests and street theatre, but the tables were turned last night when a group of Aboriginal activists from Cape York gatecrashed…
Wild Rivers policy ‘lacks proper science’
Queensland’s Wild Rivers legislation was put together without enough scientific consultation, according to a leading authority on tropical river systems. Governments are crying out for more detailed science on tropical…
Revolt on Cape York over wild rivers
Angry Cape York leaders have threatened to ban outsiders from their land if the Queensland government doesn’t wind back its controversial wild rivers policy. The threat came as prominent indigenous…
River development bans blasted by Cape locals
Noel Pearson is accusing the Queensland government of deceiving indigenous people after Premier Anna Bligh banned development around three Cape York rivers. Ms Bligh has announced the Archer, Lockhart and…