The man who wants self-determination but does not trust native-title holders with cash (an idea he had while working for Twiggy Forrest), who gave Queensland the failed Family Responsibility Commission and Australia the Voice, now wants the Commonwealth to take over remote communities and ‘guarantee’ education and work for every resident. Pearson knows full well that the Commonwealth walked away from funding homelands (a subset of remote communities) about 20 years ago. For example, following two recent High Court decisions, 73 remote communities in the Northern Territory are suing the CEO of Northern Territory Housing for failing to keep their rental houses in a reasonable condition.