Claims Bruce Pascoe lied about Indigenous heritage dismissed by AFP

The Australian Federal Police has confirmed it has dismissed an allegation author Bruce Pascoe had financially benefitted by falsely claiming he is Indigenous.were made by Indigenous businesswoman Josephine Cashman, a member of the voice-to-government advisory group appointed by the federal government.

The Worimi woman was reported to have written to the office of Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton in December last year, asking for Mr Pascoe to be investigated for"dishonesty offences”.Mr Dutton referred her allegation to the AFP. On Friday morning, the AFP confirmed it found no applicable Commonwealth offence in relation to the material provided to it.

“On 24 December 2019 the AFP was referred correspondence in relation to alleged fraudulent activity against the Commonwealth by Professor Bruce Pascoe,” an AFP spokesperson told SBS News on Friday morning. Bruce Pascoe at the Dreamtime Awards in 2018., a 2014 book detailing evidence that Indigenous Australians farmed the land prior to colonisation.'s publisher, Magabala Books, lists Mr Pascoe as of Bunurong and Yuin descent.

Ms Cashman also used her letter to urge Mr Dutton to assist her in developing a"national strategy for establishing a register for Aboriginal people"., saying the government should not play a role in determining a person's Indigenous identity.Prior to her letter, Ms Cashman had repeatedly questioned the legitimacy of Mr Pascoe’s Indigenous ancestry, including with Andrew Bolt on his Sky News TV show.

harnessdhashtag is he gona sue?

Wouldn't this be an insult to actual koori's?

Phierie1 He’s not off the hook yet

Did ya wanna apologise Dutton?

Conservative polititions' dogwhistle. They'll never stop. They've been dividing cultural groups for decades.

This whole campaign is disgusting, should have been rejected immediately but no Herr Uberreichfurher Dutton goes with it, monster

What did Dutton’s weird little vendetta cost taxpayers?

Pullenvalebirds RealMarkLatham is gonna HATE this.

I guess _HelenDale was wrong...who’d of thunk it 😂

They said he didn't commit a federal crime, not that he was or wasn't indigenous. Easy to prove.

Haha PeterDutton_MP you silly git. You should have to pay back the money wasted on this stupid quest. You are another one that should be leaving to make our government better. Auspol

Well that’s a Bolt out of the Blue.

Whatan absolutecrock of BS he should charged with it! His heritagehasbeen proved numerous times by various people using ancestry info!

Mission accomplished - she now has a sympathetic ear from Dutton when it comes to implementing her ultimate goal of an national indigenous bloodline registry. If/when Dutton pushes for it, the onus of DNA proof will be on all indigenous peoples receiving benefits.

Any consequences for PeterDutton_MP who obviously did this in bad faith?

Why was this even sent to the AFP? Good to see it is dismissed, but it should never have reached this stage.

So when does PeterDutton_MP now come out to apologise to Mr Pascoe?

I assume an apology is on the way from Dutton?

The campaign and cultural war being waged against him won’t end here. The far right have it in for this man as they can’t stand darkemu presenting a more sophisticated and rich understanding of indigenous culture. They’re such small minded nasty people.

PeterDutton_MP stop wasting people time with your stupidities

roseannebyrne We need an explanation from potatohead...why is he listening to crazies and exploiting their craziness politically

Because they know a vexatious litigant when they see one. Cashman's indigenous ancestry does not preclude her from being a spiteful, shallow, vituperative termagent.

Not according to a number of indigenous tribes who say otherwise...

Excellent. Maybe PeterDutton_MP can direct the AFP to investigate members of his own party instead. LNPCORRUPTION

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