"There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one's native land." - Euripides 431 B.C.
The Noel Pearson Dossier

Noel Pearson is probably the most controversial Aboriginal leader in Australia today.
Why is this so?

The challenge for students of history and politics is to seek an understanding of the Pearson phenomenon. This comprehensive collection of media coverage of Pearson in the index below is intended to foster a better understanding of his influential status..

Media reports relating to Noel Pearson 2001 - 2016
* Noel Pearson praises Pauline Hanson's defence of Julian Assange - the Australian 29th November 2016
* ABC revived Kate Jones abuse claim as payback, says Noel Pearson - the Australian 29th November 2016
* 'Bucket of shit': Noel Pearson abuse claims 'straining' relationship with Queensland Government - ABC News 28th November 2016
* Noel Pearson denies abusing Education Minister Kate Jones - Brisbane Times 28th November 2016
* Noel Pearson a false prophet the Murdoch press blindly follows - Australian Finacial Review 25th November 2016
* Pearson rejects claims of bullying, maladministration - AM on ABC Radio 28th November 2016
* Noel Pearson seeks a meeting with ABC - the Australian 28th November 2016
* Racist ABC eager for us to live in misery, says Noel Pearson - the Australian 22nd November 2016
* Paul Keating: a visionary of power - by Noel Pearson - the Australian 22nd November 2016
* Noel Pearson's big questions on covering indigenous issues - the Australian 22nd November 2016
* Rundle: Noel Pearson's Aboriginal responsibility act is wearing a bit thin - Crikey 22nd November 2016
* Noel Pearson says ABC is a racist broadcaster 'willing the wretched to fail' - the Guardian 21st November 2016
* Noel Pearson lambasts 'racist' ABC at Paul Keating biography launch in Sydney - the Age 21st November 2016
* Noel Pearson removes teaching curriculum from Aurukun - the Australian 10th November 2016
* Noel Pearson on recognition: no 'radical' shift in position - the Australian 3rd August 2016
* What's being done to save Cape York's troubled communities? - the Courier Mail20th July 2016
* Noel Pearson under fire from all sides over Aurukun school experiment - the Guardian7th July 2016
* Aurukun school review partly incorrect and inaccurate, Indigenous leader Noel Pearson says - ABC News 5th July 2016
* Aurukun review: children learn more about US than Australia and Indigenous culture - the Guardian5th July 2016
* Critics from Left and Right can't stomach Aurukun school model's successes by Noel Pearson - the 18th June 2016
* Aurukun: pressure mounts for overhaul of Noel Pearson reforms - the Guardian9th June 2016
* Noel Pearson's program part of problem in Aurukun, Indigenous educator Chris Sarra says - ABC News 29th May 2016
* Aurukun blame turns onto Noel Pearson welfare reforms - the Australian 28th May 2016
* Aurukun: Noel Pearson's syllabus partly to blame for school crisis, says former principal - the Guardian 27th May 2016
* Aurukun a 'failed social experiment', Queensland federal MP Warren Entsch says - ABC News 26th May 2016
* Aurukun teachers evacuated for six weeks after burglary attempts - the Guardian 25th May 2016
* Noel Pearson's advice 'ignored' before Aurukun attack - the Australian 14th May 2016
* Aurukun teachers evacuated after alleged carjacking in Indigenous community - the Guardian 10th May 2016
* Tree clearing: Indigenous leader Noel Pearson hits out at changes to Queensland's Native Vegetation Act - ABC News 9th March 2016
* Noel Pearson's hunt for the 'radical centre' is doomed - the Age 18th February 2016
* Indigenous drive at 'dead end': Warren Mundine and Noel Pearson - Australian 28th January 2016
* Noel Pearson says 1788 is 'one of three' defining moments for Australia - SBS 27th Januray 2016
* 'I was 35 and made the wrong turn' - Noel Pearson reveals his greatest regret - Sydney Morning Herald 26th January, 2016
* Radical centre can create highest compromise on recognition - the Australian 28th January 2016
* Seven Years Of Noel Pearson Trials Have Led Aurukun To The Bottom Of the National Heap - by Amy McQuireNew Matilda July 24, 2015
* Noel Pearson and Warren Mundine effigies burned in Indigenous G20 rally - The Guardian 16th November 2014
* Pearson, Langton, Mundine are not our leaders by Dr Woolombi Waters - The Stringer 15th November 2014
* A Stake in the Game by Timothy Neale - The Sydney Review of Books 16th November 2014
* Noel Pearson - I have another dream: Thankfully its an hour shorter New Matilda 10th November 2014
* Indigenous leader Noel Pearson abused by elders during Brisbane speech- ABC News 7th November 2014
* Noel Pearson is a great orator but he's essentially a leader without followers in Aboriginal world - Canberra Times 7th November 2014
* Is Rachel Perkins right to dismiss Noel Pearson's critics? - National Indigenous Times 10th September 2014
* Noel Pearson for PM? Not so fast- Canberra Times 6th September 2014
* He's Not the Messiah. He's a Very Haughty Boy - New Matilda 3rd September 2014
* Pearson's critics enjoying 'national sport' - by Rachel Perkins - Sydney Morning Herald 27th August 2014
* Pearson's grip on Indigenous policy is not backed by evidence - by Marcus Waters - The Conversation 20th August 2014
* Dropping bombs and stoking feuds: the other side of Noel Pearson - Sydney Morning Herald 18th August 2014
* Columnist For The Australian Tells Cabinet Minister To 'F*ck Off' - New Matilda 8th August 2014
* Rundle: anatomy of a beat-up on Aboriginal literacy - Crikey 11th July, 2014
* Evidently: Searching for the 'real' economy on Cape York - by Prof. Jon Altman Tracker Magazine 5th June, 2013
* Qld backflips on Cape York welfare reform - ABC 28th March, 2013
* Liberation Through Acquisition: A latter-day black Gordon Gecko preaching "Greed is Good" - Tracker Magazine, April 2013
* Why concerns over funding Cape York welfare trial are valid - Crikey 2nd April, 2013
* Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation - FaHCSIA 2012
* Pearson joins chorus of support for Anderson - Weekend Australian Saturday, November 3, 2012
* New MP backs Pearson model - Australian Thursday, September 20, 2012
* Cape trial extended - Cairns Post - 1st September, 2012
* The rise (and fall?) of Pearson, a 'product of the times' -Crikey- 30th August 2012
* A zealot's fight to lift people up - Weekend Australian - Saturday, August 25, 2012
* Quieter, greyer, but unbowed: Pearson fights on - Weekend Australian - Saturday, August 25, 2012
* Cape Crusader - Sydney Morning Herald - Saturday, August 25, 2012
* Cape Tribulations: Noel Pearson and the Welfare Reform Trial - The Monthly August 2012
* Pearson fights off cancer scare - Australian Monday, August 6, 2012
* Probity of Pearson project under review - Australian Tuesday, July 17, 2012
* Probity of Pearson project under review - Australian Tuesday, July 17, 2012
* Labor call to lean on Newman - Australian Tuesday, July 16, 2012
* Pearson denies phantom students cost millions - Australian Tuesday, June 26, 2012
* Pearson's plea over $5.5m bill rejected - Australian Monday, 25th June 2012
* Top teacher stood down over 'ghosts' - Courier Mail- Saturday, June 9, 2012
* Trouble forgotten as indigenous school puts uni in sight of kids - Australian Monday, 4th June 2012
* Djarragun fund error balloons - Australian Thursday, May 31, 2012
* Forrest pledged $3m to help Pearson take over Djarragun College - Australian Wednesday, May 30, 2012
* Activist slams Cape reformer - Courier Mail- Monday, May 28, 2012
* Differences of opinion far from searing attack - Weekend Australian Saturday, 12th May, 2012
>* QLD:Indigenous funding wasted, mayors say - AAP - Monday, May 7, 2012
* Why I continue to be inspired by Pearson - by Marcia Langton - Weekend Australian Saturday, 5th May, 2012
* Pearson yet to learn lessons of leadership - by Tony Koch -Weekend Australian - Saturday, 28th April 2012
* QLD:Report author Pitt had 'vested interests' AAP - 24th February 2012
* Pearson family `has record of bullying' - Australian Thursday, 23rd February 2012
* Abbott holds race key: Pearson - Australian Friday, February 10, 2012
* School open after fraud claims - Australian Tuesday, January 24, 2012
* QLD:Troubled Qld indigenous school reopens - AAP - Monday, 23rd January 2012
* Enrolment failures attended to, Djarragun insists - Australian 27th December 2011
* Police weigh charges on Djarragun `fraud' - Australian 26th December 2011
* Pearson tagged `fly-in, fly-out' - Australian Wednesday, 16th November 2011
* Wild Rivers Act crushes Aborigines: Pearson - Weekend Australian Saturday, November 5, 2011
* QLD:LNP to axe Qld Wild Rivers declarations - AAP - Friday, November 4, 2011
* Abbott may be best hope on hot issue . . . on Noel time - COOKTOWN - Age - Monday, 17th October 2011
* Symbolism is not enough: Pearson - Age - Monday, 10th October 2011
* $25,000 for unfair dismissal - Cairns Post - 28th September, 2011
* Djarragun College concerns - Cairns Post - 16th September, 2011
* Cape leader has lifeline for indigenous college - Australian Wednesday, 12th September 2011
* Dodson lets fly at fellow leaders - by Natasha Robinson Australian December 12, 2008
* Indigenous insiders chart an end to victimhood - by Nicholas Rothwell - Australian 3rd September 2008
* Greens confront traditional owners on coalmine plan - Australian 2nd September 2011
* Crime check charges - Australian Tuesday, 23rd August 2011
* Djarragun `rife with nepotism' - Australian Monday, 22nd August 2011
* Noel Pearson's policies embraced by white Australia, but how effective are they? - The Conversation 9th August, 2011
* Noel Pearson to take control of school - AAP - Tuesday, 12th July 2011
* College offered finance lifeline - Cairns Post - Tuesday, 28th June 2011
* School sacks staff to pay back money for phantom students - Australian Wednesday, 8th June 2011
* Pearson backs Keating on native title reverse onus - Weekend Australian Saturday, 4th June 2011
* Gary Johns's new book, Noel Pearson, The Oz and sonderweg -Crikey- 29th April 2011
* State student turnout fails to make the grade - Courier Mail- Saturday, 19th February 2011
* Langton backs Pearson referendum model - the Australian Thursday, 27th January 2011
* Yanner calls for Pearson's portfolio - Courier Mail- Wednesday, 20th October 2010
* Yanner to fight for Wild Rivers - Courier Mail- Thursday, 7th October 2010
* Noel Pearson not our leader, say wild river men - Age- 30th September 2010
* Right crucial to Aboriginal reforms - Noel Pearson Australian- 11th September 2010
* Noel Pearson rings up a wrong number - Sydney Morning Herald- Wednesday, September 8, 2010
* Telling whites what they want to hear: Chris Graham on the trouble with Noel Pearson - OVERLAND 200 4 September 2010
* Man of his people - Sunday Age- Sunday 6th June 2010
* Welfare reform is working, Pearson insists - AAP- Wednesday, 14th April 2010
* Coalition leads way on land rights, says Pearson - Australian- Wednesday, 31st March 2010
* Pearson hits back over ceremony attack - Weekend Australian- Saturday, 20th March 2010
* Review: Noel Pearson's Radical Hope - Crikey- 23rd October 2009
* The boy from Hope Vale - by Jon altman Australian Book Review July - August, 2009
* Pearson discusses wild rivers laws - the ABC 7.30 Report 15th July 2009
* Pearson launches fight against truancy - by Patricia Karvelas and Paul Toohey, Weekend Australian February 21, 2009
* Ban Aboriginal dole until 21, Noel Pearson pleads - by Patricia Karvelas and Padraic Murphy - the Australian 22nd August 2008
* Forget a treaty, say Pearson, Yunupingu - By Natasha Robinson and Patricia Karvelas - the Australian 25th April 2008
* Queensland to roll out indigenous welfare reform trial - AAP - 21st December, 2007
* Indigenous leaders welcome defeat of Howard and Brough - AAP - 25th November, 2007
* Pearson accuses Labor of betrayal - the Weekend Australian 24th November 2007
* Noel Pearson's statement on Kevin Rudd - the Australian 23rd November 2007
* Labor accused of selling Cape down the river - by Tony Koch - Australian 14th November 2007
* Yolngu elders want their own voice - AAP - Tuesday, September 25, 2007
* Indigenous leader signs 99-year land lease to Govt - ABCTV 7.30 Report transcript - Thursday, September 20, 2007
* Galarrwuy Yunupingu considering setting up new elders' group - AAP - Thursday, September 20, 2007
* Yunupingu to hand over traditional land in 99-year lease - AAP- Wednesday, September 19, 2007
* Dodson attacks government's intervention in NT - AAP - Wednesday, September 12, 2007
* Pearson labelled arrogant and ignorant by TV boss - AAP 31st July 2007
* Pearson hails most significant reform since war - Australian 19th July 2007
* Politics blamed for hasty embrace of Pearson plan - Sydney Morning Herald 16th July 2007
* Ignored: lessons learnt on the ground - Sydney Morning Herald 16th July 2007
* Aboriginal leaders join attacks on Pearson - Australian 12th July 2007
* Noel Pearson "drunk with power", says NSW Land Council leader - AAP 9th July 2007
* Priority is people, not land: Pearson - Weekend Australian 7th July 2007
* Pearson in `breach of protocol' - Weekend Australian 30th June 2007
* Treasury chief attacks welfare - Canberra Times 27th June 2007
* Critics want failure: Pearson - Australian 27th June 2007
* ALP backs `tough love' approach - Australian 26th June 2007
* Pearson sparked a revolution that emboldened PM to act - Sun-Herald 24th June 2007
* NT `martial law' A way to save the children - Gold Coast Bulletin 23rd June 2007
* Moved by Pearson's passion - Weekend Australian 23rd June 2007
* Shift in the right direction - Australian18th March 2006
* How Peter Costello became a Cape crusader - the Age - 6th December 2005
* Pearson calls for end to passive welfare - ABCTV 7.30 Report 14th November 2005
* Clash of cultures: Aboriginal leader rejects Pearson as 'new messiah' - the Age -30th July 2005
* Costello embraces Pearson's radical reforms- By Michael Gordon - the Age 22nd July 2005
* Indigenous Affairs ministry not the answer, Pearson says - ABC Radio 6th June 2005
* Pearson backs Howard's approach to Indigenous affairs - transcript of "Insiders" program - ABCTV 5th June 2005
* Pearson named Australian of the Year - the Australian - 15th January 2005
* Indigenous payments may be linked to behaviour - ABC Radio 11th November 2004
* Mike Mansell letter to editor - the Australian - 17th June 2004
* Aboriginal leader pushes anti-welfare agenda By Mike Head - 25 July 2001
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