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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). Dodson is a Yawuru elder from Broome, Western Australia.

  2. Nov 29, 2023 · Labor senator Pat Dodson, known as the "father of reconciliation" after decades of advocacy for Indigenous people, will retire from federal politics on January 26.

  3. Nov 28, 2023 · Pat Dodson is one of Australia's most recognisable Indigenous leaders. Known as the "father of reconciliation", he's been a lifelong champion for Indigenous rights. The Yawuru man entered the Senate in 2016 as a Labor representative from WA. The decision to quit on Australia Day comes after an extended period of medical leave from the Senate.

  4. Nov 29, 2023 · Labor senator Pat Dodson at Parliament House on Tuesday. He said the lesson from the defeat of the voice to parliament was non-Indigenous Australians needed to come on board with the project of...

  5. May 9, 2024 · 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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  6. Indigenous senator Pat Dodson has quit politics after undergoing treatment for cancer. In a statement, Dodson said he had informed the Labor Party of his intention to resign as a senator for ...

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  8. Nov 29, 2023 · Federal Parliament today farewelled Senator Patrick Dodson - a man Indigenous people say has shown them how to lead in struggles stretching from land rights to deaths in custody, native title and ...

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