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Patrick Lionel Djargun Dodson (born 29 January 1948) is an Australian indigenous rights activist and former politician. He was a Senator for Western Australia from 2016 to 2024, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Nov 29, 2023 · Pat Dodson's departure from parliament will leave a cavernous hole in Canberra, as he takes with him a dignified approach to diplomacy and a lifetime of hard-won battles in the fight for his mob ...
Nov 28, 2023 · Senator Pat Dodson, a Yawuru man and a lifelong champion for Indigenous rights, announced his departure from parliament after treatment for cancer. He was a key figure in designing the proposed Voice to Parliament and a special envoy for reconciliation.
Patrick Dodson (born January 29, 1948, Broome, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian activist and politician who became one of Australia’s most influential Indigenous leaders and who is known as the “Father of Reconciliation.”
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Patrick Dodson, a Yawuru man from Broome, is known as the ‘Father of Reconciliation’ and a champion of Indigenous rights. He will join the Senate to work on constitutional recognition and other issues of national importance.
- Nakari Thorpe
Oct 24, 2017 · Pat Dodson: A leader, mentor and tireless fighter for Indigenous justice. He headed the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1989, and later the Council of Aboriginal Reconciliation, where he was given the title, 'Father of Reconciliation.' But it's a name that Pat still struggles with.
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Nov 28, 2023 · Indigenous senator Patrick Dodson has retired from politics as he continues to battle cancer. Dodson, the senator for Western Australia, made a statement announcing he will be quitting politics ...
