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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 misty dawn in 1977. Since then he has occasionally spoken publicly of how the “profound…
Building on the Uluru statement
In July last year, the Referendum Council met with the prime minister. It was a historic moment, and many participants were optimistic that, finally, meaningful constitutional recognition was imminent. They…
Steven Marshall looks to lessons from Noel Pearson
Steven Marshall says his focus as Aboriginal Affairs Minister will be on capacity-building rather than welfare, with the Premier citing inspiration from Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson, with whom he met…
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 Institutions built upon it, and the adorning Gift of Multicultural Migration: And whereas Aboriginal and…
Symbolic indigenous recognition for all of us – Noel Pearson
In my address to the 50th anniversary dinner of this newspaper in July 2014, I first proposed the concept of the three stories of Australia as follows: Our nation is…
Noel Pearson’s stories from the heart of Australia
Three stories that “make Australia” are the centrepiece of a historic declaration drafted by Noel Pearson that he believes should stand alongside the nation’s Constitution to provide recognition of indigenous…
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 had the Expert Panel in 2012, a Joint Select Committee in 2015 and the Referendum…
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 voice representing Indigenous Australians, one year on from the Uluru Statement from the Heart. A…
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 to a referendum, Noel Pearson has warned, setting up a new battle with Malcolm Turnbull…
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 be “just like any Queensland school”. Is it now the kind of school you wanted?…
Indigenous group plans Wild Rivers-style fight over clearing laws
Cape York Aboriginal leader Gerhardt Pearson has told Queensland’s government that powerful indigenous groups are gearing up for a major Wild Rivers-style fight against its proposed tree-clearing crackdown. Mr Pearson,…
Social housing model rips the heart out of indigenous communities: Noel Pearson
“I OFTEN take my doctors from the Third World on the short walk from the hospital to the prison nearby. It is the most instructive 800 yards. The houses along…