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Robyn Wuth

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Pearson urges garma to look beyond referendum defeat - What They Never Told You

Timor-Leste's Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão is among the international guests at Garma. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia is reshaping its Pacific diplomacy by putting First Nations relationships at the heart of new regional treaties and alliances.

Emerging pacts with partners, including a landmark alliance with Fiji, were "foundationally" grounded in Indigenous connections, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Elizabeth Peak told a forum at the Garma Festival.

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