Looking back over past Garma festivals, the prime minister appears to be presenting in a very different way than he did three years ago.
Over the last three years, the Garma festival in north-east Arnhem Land has been a yardstick for Anthony Albanese 's Indigenous affairs agenda.
The anticipation from the attendees was palpable, not only was the prime minister here, he had already committed to holding a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament – recognition Indigenous people had long been campaigning for. Still, the Prime Minister was defiant. He promised not to back down from his plan to hold a referendum despite the polling numbers, and when he was presented with two ceremonial spears on the buŋgul ground by a young Yolŋu boy he was visibly emotional.It was during his 2023 address that the prime minister recounted the conversation he had with Yunupingu a year earlier.
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people deserve a real say in the economic development of the land that you call home, and you deserve your fair share of the benefits that flow from it."The Northern Territory's police commissioner has delivered an apology to First Nations people during a speech at Garma Festival.
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