Breaking a promise to limit political damage may just cause more of it. Pretending you haven’t broken one definitely will
Anthony Albanese at the Garma festival in the NT last week. It became clear after he left that his poetic framing of the makarrata definition was designed to mask him crab-walking away from a promise.Anthony Albanese at the Garma festival in the NT last week. It became clear after he left that his poetic framing of the makarrata definition was designed to mask him crab-walking away from a promise.
He’d almost captured what his hosts meant with their fire reference – almost, but not quite. They’d already moved beyond the ashes and were talking about what good the scorching would deliver. Theirs was a statement of resilience and, yes, hope.In his written welcome to Garma participants, the Yothu Yindi Foundation chair, Djawa Yunupingu, described fire as the foundation of life, giving strength, energy and power.
The prime minister spoke about helping the people of north-east Arnhem Land “have ownership” of their future, on a foundation of economic empowerment. He highlighted the opportunities for local communities that lay in the critical minerals and rare earths of northern Australia.
The independent Victorian MP Lidia Thorpe is now accusing him of gaslighting Indigenous people and engaging in “dishonest doublespeak”. “Well, that’s not what we have proposed,” Albanese said on Insiders. “What we’ve proposed is makarrata just being the idea of coming together.”
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