Noel Pearson is but one of many grifters who managed to deceive us for much too long. They are, with few exceptions, racist criminals who should be behind bars.
NOEL FROM NOOSA – WHERE HAS ALL THE MONEY GONE?
By Paul Zanetti
You’d be forgiven if you believed Noel Pearson, one of the leading voice architects and founder of the Cape York Partnership, lives amongst the Cape York community.
But you’d be wrong.
Amongst many other of Pearson’s taxpayer funded Cape York entities, the Cape York Partnership is an organisation whose purpose is to promote the economic and social development of Cape York.
The body has been the recipient of around $550 million with very little to show for it.
Veteran Far North MP Warren Entsch recently took a closer look at Pearson, saying he has garnered at least $550m in government funding for his programs with no benefits to the locals.
Speaking in parliament, Mr Entsch said Pearson has never been elected as an Indigenous leader.
“Noel has been on the government’s payroll for decades, advising and influencing Indigenous policy, and I say to government: do we really need the architect of so many policy failures involved in producing another one?
“While he identifies himself as a Cape York Indigenous leader, Noel Pearson has never stood for an election,” Mr Entsch said.
He said Mr Pearson had been “held up as a messiah — like a figurehead for Indigenous Australians”.
“There is no doubt that Noel has significant influence over Indigenous affairs, but I, like many others in Cape York who have seen the reality of his influence, have long been critical of governments and bureaucrats that only care to listen for his voice,” Mr Entsch said.
He said over decades, Mr Pearson had received millions “for his pet projects”.
“Many of these remote communities that Noel has used as policy experiments remain dysfunctional, whether it’s Cape York welfare reform, Cape York Employment, Good to Great Schools or a range of other concessions — the list of Noel’s entities and programs just goes on and on,” Mr Entsch said.
He said Mr Pearson labelled dissenters racist.
“The communities in Cape York who have, effectively, banned Noel — like Mapoon — are doing exceptionally well,” Mr Entsch said.
“Those who’ve let Noel’s influence into their communities remain dysfunctional.”
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