Pat Dodson leaves national stage, warning Australia not to wallow in ‘disagreement and division’
Katharine Murphy
The WA senator known as the father of reconciliation departs parliamentary life with a ‘sense of sorrow’ at the failure of voice to parliament referendum
Pat Dodson and other Indigenous politicians back focus on truth-telling after voice referendum failure
Retiring senator says Labor will continue to consult Aboriginal communities as survey finds a majority of Australians would support truth-telling and treaty processes
Labor senator Pat Dodson to resign from politics due to health issues
Father of reconciliation says following cancer treatment he is ‘physically unable’ to carry out his duties as a Western Australian senator
October 2023
Voice failure would make us look in mirror and say 'who the hell are we?': Pat Dodson – video
‘No alternative’ to voice, Pat Dodson says in last-ditch appeal ahead of referendum
April 2023
Yunupingu, Yolŋu leader and campaigner for Indigenous rights, dies aged 74
Elder spent a lifetime fighting for the rights of his people, from the Yirrkala bark petitions of 1963 to the voice to parliament
March 2023
Indigenous investigations
‘I’m here to change the country’: Albanese launches an uncompromising Indigenous voice plan
Attempting to appease conservatives was pointless and risked failure, the referendum working group told the PM. It appears he listened
February 2023
Claims ALP is backing off from regional voices a ‘figment’ of Peter Dutton’s imagination, Pat Dodson says
Senator derides opposition leader’s suggestion that Albanese government is departing from election promise on the voice
December 2022
Indigenous voice vote: foreign donations expected to be banned and campaigns forced to raise own cash
Albanese government chooses not to provide any public funding for yes or no campaigns on the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum
August 2022
Ceremony and celebration at the 2022 Garma festival – in pictures
The four-day celebration of the Yolŋu people’s cultural, artistic and ceremonial traditions drew thousands of guests to north-east Arnhem Land
July 2022
Historic day for Indigenous Australian representation in parliament – video
The 47th parliament sees the highest number of Indigenous people in any Australian federal parliament
June 2022
IndigenousX
Thirty years after Mabo, First Nations people are on the verge of true self-determination. We hope not to be disappointed
Jamie Lowe for IndigenousX
Australia’s First People have the expertise to negotiate with government, and we will use it to deliver on the promise of native title
May 2022
Voice, treaty, truth: what does Labor’s commitment to Uluru Statement from the Heart mean?
Indigenous Australians have been calling for a voice to parliament since 2017, and Albanese has vowed to hold a referendum during his first term
April 2021
Deaths inside
Thirty years on, I sense the same storm brewing around Aboriginal deaths in custody
Pat Dodson
When I worked on the royal commission, distrust of police and prisons ran deep. The situation today is worse, and political resolve is lacking
March 2021
Indigenous investigations
Morrison government 'passing the buck' on Aboriginal deaths in custody, Labor says
Indigenous investigations
Pat Dodson slams Morrison government for rejecting key element of Uluru Statement from the Heart
February 2021
Indigenous investigations
Pat Dodson calls for mining royal commission after reports of damage at Aboriginal sites
Traditional owners are ‘upset and frustrated’ after Fortescue Metals Group began land clearing at a significant site in the Pilbara without their involvement
July 2020
'My personal light on the hill': Pat Dodson's eulogy to John Ah Kit
Patrick Dodson
John Ah Kit, the first Aboriginal minister in the Northern Territory parliament has died. This is a shortened version of Labor senator Pat Dodson’s tribute to him
