Senator Pat Dodson speaks to the audience during a community forum to discuss The Voice to Parliament referendum held at the Brighton Town Hall in the federal electorate of Goldstein in Melbourne, Australia, on March 14, 2023. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
Veteran Labor senator Pat Dodson is set to retire from federal parliament next year.
Senator Dodson, a respected Indigenous leader who represents Western Australia, said his recent cancer treatment meant his health had left him physically unable to fulfil his parliamentary duties.
