Career
On 2 March 2016, it was announced that Dodson would be endorsed as a replacement for Joe Bullock as a Labor Senator for Western Australia, following Bullock"s resignation. He lives in Broome where he is also involved in matters relating to the preservation and enhancement of indigenous rights and culture. On 10 November 2008, Dodson visited Street Cronan"s Boys National School in Bray, Company
Wicklow, Ireland.
Currently Dodson works as a consultant, advising government, industry and community groups: he is
Chairperson, Kimberley Development Commission (his term expires in November 2010)
Chairman of the Lingiari Foundation, an Indigenous non government advocacy and research Foundation. Inaugural Director of the Indigenous Policy, Dialogue and Research Unit (IPDRU) at the University of New South Wales
Chairman of the Yawuru Native Title Holders Body Corporate
Former Director of the Central Land Council and the Kimberley Land Council
Commissioner into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, 1989
Chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (1991-1997) (This body was replaced by Reconciliation Australia). He retired stating "I fear for the spirit of this country".
In 2012 he gave the inaugural Gandhi Oration at the University of New South Wales.
