In 2023, Cook's town voted 'no'."According to an estimate by political analyst Simon Jackman, in areas where Indigenous Australians made up the majority of the population, 63 per cent voted "Yes"."From the very beginning of my public life, it was, and still is, the future of those communities, not least my own, that has been the central focus of my wakeful dreams," Pearson said."Our present is not good We know what we want to do."Pearson added the "blue dot communities", communities voted in favour of the referendum, "stand in grave need of healing"."There is no better solution to healing individuals, families and communities than guaranteed work," he said."They will start to heal