Pearson lashes 'bastard government'

By EducationHQ News Team
Published August 1, 2016

A furious Noel Pearson has slammed a "bastard government" for maligning his controversial educational system in Cape York, saying outrage over the abuse of young people in Darwin's detention centre is selective if there is no support for measures to stop them ending up there.

GULKULA, July 30 - At the Garma indigenous festival in northeast Arnhem Land on Saturday, the Cape York leader said that ...

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Pearson lashes 'bastard government'

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