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'Don't be fooled': Garma Director delivers harsh reality check for the festival's esteemed guests
In an otherwise highly curated festival, Denise Bowden shone a light on the harsh realities the area will continue to face ...
Program: Celebrating the 25th Garma Festival
The 25th Garma Festival is a much bigger event than the first Yolgnu community meeting  back in 1999. It has now become a ...
Garma Festival hears NT government 'is not listening', should learn from Indigenous leaders and not play 'cheap politics'
NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro was not in attendance at the 25th Garma festival after pushing tough-on-crime rhetoric as ...
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Albanese Unveils $145 Million Economic Plan for Indigenous Communities at Garma Festival
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled a new initiative designed to support Indigenous communities in overcoming poverty. During his address at the Garma Festival in north-east Arnhem Land, he ...
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Garma underway as Australias leaders yarn with Indigenous whanau
Held annually in northeast Arnhem Land, the Garma Festival is Australia’s leading Indigenous cultural, political, and ...
Garma festival sees pressure put on federal government to tie NT funding to Indigenous outcomes
Pressure is building on the federal government to remove funding from the Northern Territory government unless it meets ...
Garma organiser urges action on 'horrors in statistics'
As politicians come and go from the annual Garma Festival, they are being reminded change is needed to address Indigenous ...
Anthony Albanese announces $75 million for ‘long-term prosperity’ as part of Indigenous economic plan in keynote Garma address
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged $75 million in new funding to support Native Title holders, as he laid out his ...
Indigenous leaders at Garma urge PM to make NT accountable
Anthony Albanese’s Aboriginal hosts at the Garma festival in Arnhem Land have greeted him with a blistering speech urging him ...
Albanese goes to Garma with economic message, amid disappointing progress on Closing the Gap
In an address in the Northern Territory, the prime minister outlines new native title funding and a mobile TAFE service.
Garma 2025: Uncle Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves
Warlpiri Elder Uncle Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves travelled to Northeast Arnhem Land with a powerful message for the Northern ...
PM to set sights on Indigenous economic plan in Garma Festival speech
Economic development will be the focus for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s keynote address at Garma Festival 2025 happening ...