The potential appointment of an Indigenous governor-general could heal some of the wounds still raw from last year’s Voice referendum.
“We need to heal through honest and open dialogue,without the rancour and discord,” Dodson said,in his valedictory speech to parliament.
Patrick Dodson,brought low by cancer and exhausted by its treatment,announces his retirement from the Senate,still thinking of a better future for Australians.
The WA senator made the decision after undergoing treatment for cancer.
“I don’t believe in the polls,” Senator Dodson told the National Press Club.
The “father of reconciliation” finds himself appalled by the approach of Peter Dutton’s opposition to an Indigenous Voice to parliament.
“They bring different wisdom and intuition.”
In his first interview since taking medical leave to fight a serious illness,Dodson said the Yes campaign needed to get the conversation out of Canberra and into communities.
Footy is back,and it stirs memories that exist in a sort of magical other place,where nothing mundane may intrude.
Former deputy leader of the Liberal Party and Labor senator Patrick Dodson join forces to call on Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to support an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus stopped short of backing Aboriginal senator Pat Dodson’s calls for immediate action,saying government work was already under way.