Senator Patrick Dodson

Shadow Assistant Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Shadow Assistant Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

Senator for Western Australia

(08) 9193 5955

http://www.aph.gov.au/Senator_Dodson

senator.dodson@aph.gov.au

CLOSING THE GAP: LABOR WILL DELIVER TREATY AND TRUTH

ANTHONY ALBANESE MP 

Thu, Aug 5, 2021 10:24 AM

Labor will deliver on a national process for Treaty-making and Truth-telling; strengthen economic and job opportuni...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

NAIDOC 2021: LABOR RENEWS COMMITMENT

LINDA BURNEY MP

Sun, Jul 4, 2021 9:31 AM

This year, on 4 July, we mark the beginning of NAIDOC Week. This week is a moment to celebrate the history, culture...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

NO CLOSING THE GAP PROGRESS

LINDA BURNEY MP

Thu, Jun 24, 2021 11:59 AM

The latest data from the Productivity Commission on Closing the Gap targets are both dispiriting yet unsurprising....

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

GOVERNMENT REMAINS SILENT ON OTHER ELEMENTS OF ULURU STATEMENT

LINDA BURNEY MP

Tue, Jun 22, 2021 12:51 PM

Labor is piling on pressure on the Morrison Government to not neglect the remaining two elements of the Uluru State...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

LABOR SUPPORTS ULURU STATEMENT FROM THE HEART

SENATOR PATRICK DODSON

Mon, Jun 21, 2021 6:43 AM

Today the Government and the Greens have a choice to make about whether they support a First Nations Voice to Parli...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK 2021

LINDA BURNEY MP

Thu, May 27, 2021 12:36 PM

The theme for National Reconciliation Week this year is ‘More than a word. Reconciliation takes action’. The theme...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

FOUR YEARS SINCE ULURU STATEMENT

LINDA BURNEY MP

Wed, May 26, 2021 11:24 AM

Today marks four years since First Nations leaders from across the nation delivered the Uluru Statement from the He...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

BUDGET 2021: NO FUNDING FOR CLOSING THE GAP

LINDA BURNEY MP

Wed, May 12, 2021 6:54 AM

In an extraordinary omission, no new funding for Closing the Gap has been included in the Morrison Government’s bud...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

LABOR TO EXPAND JUSTICE REINVESTMENT

ANTHONY ALBANESE MP 

Thu, Apr 15, 2021 7:36 AM

Today, Thursday, 15 April 2021, marks 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

GOVERNMENT DENIES OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE TRUTH

SENATOR PATRICK DODSON

Wed, Mar 17, 2021 12:47 PM

The Government’s refusal in the Senate yesterday afternoon to establish a joint select committee on Makarrata shows...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT’S TRUTH-TELLING COMMISSION

LINDA BURNEY MP

Wed, Mar 10, 2021 3:19 PM

Federal Labor congratulates the Victorian Labor Government on the announcement of a Truth and Justice Commission to...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

STATEMENT ON FIRST NATIONS VOICE TO GOVERNMENT INTERIM REPORT

LINDA BURNEY MP

Sat, Jan 9, 2021 4:54 PM

Labor thanks members of the advisory groups who worked on this interim report under difficult circumstances. Many w...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS