Indigenous leader and Labor luminary Pat Dodson retires

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Indigenous leader and Labor luminary Pat Dodson retires

Labor senator and veteran Indigenous leader Pat Dodson is calling for a renewed pathway towards reconciliation as he prepares to leave parliament. Senator Dodson said cancer treatment had taken a toll and left him physically unable to perform his duties. The West Australian reflected on his limited capacity during the Indigenous voice referendum debate. “That was a pretty sobering thought – we don’t live forever,” he told reporters in Canberra o…