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Here is a selection of my publications. Click on the title to view the whole text, or chose a category on the left.

• Reforms to give dignity
  19.08.2000
  ONE of the most significant, life-changing events in the lives of indigenous Australians in recent decades will take place next week at Weipa on Cape York. For the past century, commentary on Aboriginal people has centred on their disastrous living... read more
• Pearson points way to indigenous transition
  25.05.2000
  indigenous children was the key to moving them out of welfare dependency and into real society, Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson said last night. Mr Pearson said the Beattie Government's acceptance of a ``partnership'' between government and Cape York... read more
• New deal gives voice to Aborigines
  20.05.2000
  A BOLD plan put forward a year ago by Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson to make indigenous people responsible for themselves and less dependent on welfare has been largely adopted by the Queensland Government. It now will seek to enlist the support... read more
• Pearson pays price for helping his people
  15.04.2000
  EXACTLY a year ago, Aboriginal lawyer Noel Pearson released a plan he and others had developed to lift indigenous people from welfare dependency and make them responsible for their own lives. It was a brave move, an intellectual attempt to address a... read more
• Serious Aboriginal issues will prevail
  04.12.1999
  THREE years ago, Gracelyn Smallwood, then Associate Professor at the University of Southern Queensland, said that fighting for land rights and ignoring the health needs of indigenous people was an example of twisted priorities. ``What good is ownership... read more
• Urgent alcohol inquiry demand
  02.12.1999
  THE roles and responsibilities of government agencies, Aboriginal organisations and individuals should be clearly spelt out in a memorandum of understanding, the women's task force has recommended. The report reserves its strongest language for issues... read more
• The man in the middle
  06.11.1999
  Aboriginal lawyer Noel Pearson took Premier Peter Beattie to Cape York last week to hear a request for Aborigines to reject social welfare. Tony Koch reports AN ELDERLY black woman and her three-year-old grandson attended last week's gathering of... read more