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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Garma - The Untold Story

Garma eyes life after mining and a new land rights era

At the NT's Garma Festival, Yolngu leaders have marked 50 years of land rights, confronted the end of a Rio Tinto mine and push for a future on their terms.

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Australia leans on Indigenous culture in Pacific pacts

Australia is drawing on First Nations ties in its Pacific diplomacy push as PNG and other islands' leaders back a culturally grounded regional agenda.

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Stunning kookaburra dance lights up Garma Festival

A kookaburra-inspired dance at Garma weaves family, survival and joy into a powerful tribute to Aboriginal ancestors, capturing the festival spirit on Country.

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PM lays out economic path to Indigenous empowerment

Traditional owners will be able to advocate for infrastructure, housing and energy projects on their land in a partnership unveiled by the prime minister.

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Albanese goes to Garma with economic message, amid disappointing progress on Closing the Gap

Anthony Albanese will reinforce his message about the importance of Indigenous economic empowerment, when he attends the Garma festival in the Northern Territory on Saturday.

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'Fire in the minds' of next group of Indigenous leaders

The importance of education in two worlds - western and Indigenous knowledge - is key to the future of the next generation of leaders, Yolngu Elders say.

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Albanese playing with fire as he crab-walks away from makarrata promise

Breaking a promise to limit political damage may just cause more of it. Pretending you haven’t broken one definitely will

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Pat Turner on Indigenous empowerment, Closing the Gap, and future Indigenous leadership

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s address to the weekend Garma festival had a different tone from last year’s, when the Voice referendum was approaching. The Prime Minister is resetting policy, moving the focus to the economic empowerment of Indigenous communities as a path to reducing Indigenous disadvantage and “closing the gap”.…

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What is makarrata and has Albanese broken an election promise?

The PM’s interpretation of the concept appears to differ from the one Indigenous leaders promote, sparking accusations he is abandoning it in favour of ‘casual conversations’

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Culture and country front of mind at Garma festival

Culture and country are at the heart of the Garma Festival as music, art, and bunggul (dance) remain highlights of the event.

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View From The Hill: Anthony Albanese shapeshifts on Makarrata

Anthony Albanese’s pivot to Indigenous economic empowerment in his weekend Garma speech was welcome and overdue – but now he’s bogged in a contradiction over his commitment to Makarrata.

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Wong warns Australians in Lebanon to ‘leave immediately’ – as it happened

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Government 'talking through' Makarrata process, PM says

The government is being accused of abandoning its commitment to truth-telling and treaty as the prime minister says it is "talking through" a Makarrata process.

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PM walks 'new path' in tackling Indigenous disadvantage

Indigenous leaders have reflected on the voice referendum defeat as the prime minister spoke of old roads and new paths in tackling disadvantage.

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Government’s focus pivots to economic empowerment for Indigenous Australians in Garma speech

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will switch the government’s focus in Indigenous affairs policy towards the economic empowerment of First Nations communities, in a speech at the Garma Festival in Arnhem Land on Saturday.

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Hope for 'better future' as PM lands at Garma Festival

Australia's largest Indigenous cultural festival has officially opened with bunggul (dance) as the prime minister joined attendees in Arnhem Land.

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Peter Dutton says voice no campaign spokesperson Jacinta Price ‘misspoke’ by saying he attended the Garma festival

The opposition leader is under fire for not attending the festival, calling it ‘a love-in for the yes advocates’

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PM will push national cabinet for public holiday if Australia make final – as it happened

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Shane Drumgold resigns as ACT director of public prosecutions; Queensland man shot by police – as it happened

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Garma festival: Yunupingu’s legacy, the Indigenous voice and the fight for ‘a world that is better than the past’

Djawa Yunupingu says Yolngu have hope for the future and the referendum is a chance to unite Australia

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Noel Pearson says Indigenous voice is not about ‘party politics’ and will cut wasteful spending

Pearson says referendum is not a competition ‘between blue and red’ after Anthony Albanese’s Garma festival speech

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PM accuses Coalition of ‘creating noise and confusion’ over voice – as it happened

Australia has ‘nothing to fear and everything to gain’ from a yes vote, Anthony Albanese says

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Albanese tells Garma 'we have to hold to the courage of our convictions' in Voice fight

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will pay an emotional tribute to the late Yunupingu while declaring the importance of Voice advocates sticking to the courage of their convictions, when he addresses the Garma festival on Saturday.

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‘An opportunity to be lifted up’: Anthony Albanese hails local clan council as model of Indigenous voice at Garma festival

The event began with a solemn and loving tribute to beloved late Gumatj leader Yunupingu

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Linda Burney leaves all options on Voice to Parliament open ahead of meeting with states and territories

The federal Indigenous Affairs minister will meet with her state and territory counterparts in Canberra for the first time since the Prime Minister announced a proposed referendum question at the Garma festival.

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