Prime Minister Tony Abbott puts Indigenous support for recognition at risk

By Michael Gordon
Updated August 3 2015 - 8:09pm, first published 7:00pm
Noel Pearson's response to Abbott's rejection suggests Indigenous conventions will go ahead regardless of government support. Photo: Peter Eve
Noel Pearson's response to Abbott's rejection suggests Indigenous conventions will go ahead regardless of government support. Photo: Peter Eve

Tony Abbott has endangered Indigenous support for constitutional recognition of the first Australians by ignoring the advice of Noel Pearson, the Indigenous leader he has called a visionary and a prophet.