Pearson’s ‘halo’ dented by minister
Paul Toohey; 8/5/08
Northern Territory Deputy Chief Minister Marion Scrymgour has reached across the top of Australia to give a sharp touch-up to the man she called “Saint Noel” and a “latter-day Martin Luther” - better known as Cape York Institute’s Noel Pearson. In a speech to parliament in Darwin, Ms Scrymgour doubted north Queensland’s Mr Pearson was any kind of visionary and described his views as “unremarkable”. She hit bombastic stride by likening the challenges of her Government to those faced by Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he entered the White House in the Great Depression.
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