Noel Pearson denies he swore at Turnbull
Noel Pearson denies he swore at Turnbull
- Cape York
leader Noel Pearson has slammed the ABC over a report alleging he called
Malcolm Turnbull and indigenous MPs Ken Wyatt and Patrick Dodson
“c..ts” during a fiery meeting in November.
According
to the report, the exchange happened after a Referendum Council meeting
at which the substantive details of what was to become last month’s
Uluru Statement from the Heart were discussed.
This
included the statement’s recommendation that an indigenous advisory
body to parliament be enshrined in the Constitution, with doubts
expressed as to the likely success of this measure at a referendum.
The ABC report alleges that in a separate meeting afterwards in the Prime Minister’s office, which The Australian has
been told was attended by only the four men, Mr Pearson called Mr
Turnbull a “white c..t” and Mr Wyatt and Senator Dodson “black c..ts”.