Senator Patrick Dodson, “the father of reconciliation”, finds himself appalled by the approach of Peter Dutton’s Opposition to an Indigenous Voice to parliament.
Aboriginal leader Senator Pat Dodson, recovering from months of treatment for cancer, is about to return to the front line of the campaign for a Yes vote for an Indigenous Voice to parliament.
However, he said it also saddened him that the debate had become dominated by politicians rather than ordinary Australians. The senator was diagnosed shortly before Easter this year with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which became life-threatening when he developed an infection of the oesophagus. He received his initial treatments at the Fiona Stanley Hospital, near Perth, but was able to return to his home in Broome between further treatments. His health became further complicated when he was attacked recently by the pain of shingles.Senator Patrick Dodson during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra in March.
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