River 'Deal'

photo by Cape York Organisations

Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson has accused Queensland Premier Anna Bligh of "urinating on the rights" of Aboriginal people and treating them "much worse than even (Joh) Bjelke-Petersen would have done".

Mr Pearson said the Queensland Government's announcement that three more rivers in Cape York had been declared "wild rivers" demonstrated that several government departments were merely extensions of "green movements".

He said it was clear that the announcement was held back until after last week's election "for fear Aboriginal people would be up in arms about it".

See The Australian for the full article by Tony Koch.