NOEL Pearson’s Cape York welfare reform trial has been a dealt a blow with the Queensland government refusing federal demands to extend state funding beyond the end of the year. Queensland Indigenous Affairs Minister Glen Elmes told The Australian the Newman government could no longer justify its expenditure on the program. The trial in four
MP tweets caned
Coalition MP Andrew Laming reacts to inter racial riots at Logan Qld Mobs tearing up Logan tonight. Did any of them do a day’s work today, or was it business as usual and welfare on tap? Not very subtle but its most probably close to the truth. Wong and Emmerson attack, so for some reason
Royal Commission
I am concerned about Gillard’s Federal Royal Commission into institutional sex abuse. The media have concentrated on the Catholic Church and whereas they have a lot to answer for and should be a part of the RC they are not the only perpetrators and, evidence might suggest, they are not even the largest perpetrators. Reading The
Push to keep the Aborigines down
BILINGUAL indigenous language education should be introduced to all schools with Aboriginal students, and indigenous languages included as an official Closing the Gap measure, according to a parliamentary report to be released today. Queensland Labor MP Shayne Neumann, the committee chairman, told The Australian the committee would back the controversial use of bilingual education and
Geoff Clark’s bankruptcy extended
GEOFF Clark, once the most influential Aboriginal leader in Australia, has had his bankruptcy extended for five years amid allegations of undeclared income and assets. Mr Clark was due to be released from bankruptcy but at the 11th hour on Friday, lawyers for Carol Stingel, who was found by a civil jury to have been
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