Warren Mundine chimes in with Noel Pearson, critizing the ABC as “trying to keep Aboriginal people in a museum”, by Paul Cleary. Pearson recently criticized the ABC as “a miserable, racist organisation, obsessed with the poverty and dysfunction of his people.”

Supporting Mr Pearson’s comments, the Prime Minister’s indigenous Advisory Council chair Nyunggai Warren Mundine said the ABC’s news and current affairs division had ignored economic development stories and was “trying to keep Aboriginal people in a museum”.

Instead, “getting the government to provide heaps and heaps of money” was the way the ABC news and current affairs addressed most indigenous problems, he told The Australian. Mr Mundine limited his criticism to ABC news and current affairs.

He said much of the ABC’s news and current affairs coverage ignored the fact that “the vast majority of Aboriginal people have got on with their lives”. He pointed out that more than 30,000 Aboriginal people are currently attending university, up from a handful during his generation.

“Aboriginal people are keeping up in home ownership. For the university educated, there’s no gap,” he said. …

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has requested a special meeting with ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie to outline his concerns about the national broadcaster’s coverage of Aboriginal issues.