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Noel Pearson says a decades-long push for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is not a project of âwoke identity politicsâ but is Australiaâs longest standing and unresolved project for justice and inclusion.
The trailblazing activist has pleaded with the Morrison government not to abandon long-held ambitions for a national referendum on the issue, warning as long as Indigenous peoples remain unrecognised then Australia would be âan absurdityâ.
âItâs time for true constitutional recognitionâ: Noel Pearson at the National Museum of Australia on Wednesday.
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He urged fellow First Nations elders and corporate leaders in Canberra on Wednesday night to not give up the fight on the issue, which the federal government has all but abandoned for this term of Parliament.
Indigenous leader Noel Pearson continues push for constitutional recognition and Voice to Parliament
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Noel Pearson says as long as the nation s Indigenous peoples remain unrecognised, Australia is an absurdity .
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Indigenous leader Noel Pearson says Australia is incomplete without constitutional recognition of First Nations people, as leaders renew calls for a referendum on a Voice to Parliament.
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Noel Pearson is urging the federal government to not give up on the push for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament
He criticised political leaders for delaying holding a referendum on constitutional recognition for First Nations people
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