
Since our formation, Cape York Institute has been at the forefront of Indigenous policy and is widely recognised as Australia’s leading Indigenous think-tank.
Solidarity: Closing the Gap Together
The Right To Work and Income Security Webinar
Too Deadly for Diabetes
CYP’s Annual Staff Symposium
Working together for social change with Indigenous Cape York communities
Radical Heart- Shireen Morris Book Extract
Land Council says one claim isn’t taking away land owners’ rights
Empowered Aboriginals to succeed: Pearson
Nigel Scullion Invites Groups to Submit Proposals to Regain Control of Land
Noel Pearson says constitutional voice a ‘real chance’
Australia needs a new deal: fairness and economic growth – Noel Pearson
Calls for decade-long cashless welfare card trial on Cape York Peninsula to continue
Shireen Morris: The Uluru Statement From The Heart: Why I Have Hope
Interim report set to test ideas on Recognition
Constitutional Recognition: A Wicked Problem?
OPINION: The Government sets the goal posts, only to move them when Indigenous people score
Film screens ahead of TV premiere
New book seeks to renew the push for indigenous recognition
Memo to migrants: please stay off the path to welfare’ – Noel Pearson:
Warrior spirits: The Wik women who stood up for their land and communities
Malcolm Turnbull urged to answer calls for ‘voice’ to parliament
‘Voice’ plan ready, ‘sense of justice’ still needed
Pearson ally blasts Recognise campaign as ‘Turnbull’s echo chamber’
Indigenous community fights to preserve language that gave Australia the word ‘kangaroo’
Review: Wik vs Queensland
Noel Pearson offers PM a new path to First Nations voice
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti: AFL player passionate about indigenous education
Remember passive welfare? It’s real, it’s still here and it’s hurting our children – Noel Pearson
Law Council supports calls for Voice to Parliament
Aboriginal Councils address concerns at Cairns forum
Hieu Van Le’s story: one thread in Australia’s rich tapestry
Building on the Uluru statement
Steven Marshall looks to lessons from Noel Pearson
In the spirit of getting the ball rolling, Noel Pearson offers this ‘Declaration of Australia and the Australian People’
Symbolic indigenous recognition for all of us – Noel Pearson
Noel Pearson’s stories from the heart of Australia
Danny Gilbert: Why we need an Indigenous ‘voice to the Parliament’
Regions key to giving voice to recognition, says Noel Pearson
Two years on from the Palaszczuk intervention, it’s time for a report on Aurukun school
We Must be Actors in Our Own Destiny – Noel Pearson
Australia Day on January 25-26 a ‘noble’ compromise between old and new | Noel Pearson
Shireen Morris: Don’t Change the Date, Change Its Meaning
Indigenous Australians ‘taking power back’ from government in Queensland
Christian Porter lashes out at lawyer Shireen Morris in recognition row
Warring Turnbull and Abbott betray indigenous recognition, says Pearson
Shireen Morris: Turnbull’s rejection of an Indigenous voice to parliament is immoral and foolish
‘PM has broken our hearts’: Noel Pearson
Plan would restore self-determination in Qld
Troubled Cape York school’s results plunge
Media Release: Fiona Jose Appointed as CEO
Good policy and effective programmes are vital drivers of change. Understanding the things that people want to change and delivering outcomes is our core focus. Alongside this, we work to convince governments and lead national conversations to bring about a better future for the people of Cape York. Driven by the Cape York Agenda we work to shift ‘business as usual’ approaches to Indigenous affairs. We accept that we are endeavouring to solve ‘wicked problems’ that are impervious to change and are extremely interconnected. We know that when we make progress in one area, we often expose issues in other areas. Inspired and informed by the thinking of old people and past Cape York leaders, we develop policies that will empower Indigenous people to be the architects of their own futures. Uniquely, our policy development is centrally influenced by our real-world experience in Cape York, including through our O-Hubs, Cape York Employment, the Cape York Leaders Program, the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy and the Family Responsibilities Commission.
Cape York Institute’s principal focus is in three areas:
We partner with Indigenous people, governments, universities and the private sector to develop and deliver more effective ways forward. We take the best of the lessons provided from:

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF CAPE YORK

ACADEMIA
AND RESEARCH

ON-THE-GROUND PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION
Our work is inspired and informed by the thinking of old people and past Cape York leaders. We continue to work closely with Cape York leaders today. At the heart of our work is the need to empower Indigenous people so that they can truly be the architects of their own futures.
We look both nationally and internationally at various successful approaches to development, and adapt and apply the lessons learnt for the Cape York context.
Including through our close work with the O-Hubs, Cape York Employment, the Cape York Leaders Program, the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy and the Family Responsibilities Commission. We recognise that success in this area depends on innovation and learning from real world experience.