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Australia leans on Indigenous culture in Pacific pacts
Australia is reshaping its Pacific diplomacy by putting First Nations relationsh...
Robyn Wuth (AAP) 3 Aug 2026
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Garma eyes life after mining and a new land rights era
As tents come down on the red escarpment at Gulkula and visitors leave the bush...
Robyn Wuth (AAP) 3 Aug 2026
Rock star Elder hails Gove mining closure as land win
For Yothu Yindi founding member and senior Yolngu Elder Witiyana Marika, the end...
Robyn Wuth (AAP) 3 Aug 2026
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Garma festival shows Yolŋu culture in full colour
On a red-dust mat in northeast Arnhem Land, Yolŋu families gather to show the re...
Robyn Wuth (AAP) 3 Aug 2026
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Stunning kookaburra dance lights up Garma Festival
On Yolŋu country at Garma, a kookaburra's laugh isn't just a sound in the trees...
Robyn Wuth (AAP) 3 Aug 2026
Pearson urges Garma to look beyond referendum defeat

For one of Australia's most influential Aboriginal leaders, the failure of the voice referendum is written in blue and orange on the nation's electoral map.

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Robyn Wuth (AAP) Aug 2, 2026
Garma returns with four days of Yolŋu culture, art and ceremony

The Garma Festival has returned to Gulkula on Gumatj Country in north-east Arnhem Land for four days of Yolŋu ceremony, art, music, dance and cultural exchange.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 31, 2026
Australian Native Food Festival returns for 2026

Following last year's successful inaugural event, the Australian Native Food Festival will return to Sydney's Carriageworks on September 26-27.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jul 30, 2026
Darebin Fuse Festival returns for Spring 2026

For ten unforgettable days, creativity across Darebin will be celebrated through back-to-back live music, performances, cultural celebrations, installations, hands-on workshops, film screenings, and i...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jul 30, 2026
First Nations poets, writers and creatives come together for OUR WORDS event

OUR WORDS brings First Nations poets, writers, creatives and thought leaders together for a series of free live panels to contemplate, provoke and inspire.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jul 28, 2026
Giiyong Festival to become biennial event as Twofold Aboriginal Corporation launches Giiyong Ganya

Twofold Aboriginal Corporation has announced Giiyong Festival, first established in 2018, will become a biennial event, with a new alternate-year program, Giiyong Ganya, to be presented for the first...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jul 27, 2026
Blak & Bright Writers Festival announces 2026 program

Australia's largest and only gathering of First Nations writers and storytellers, Blak & Bright Writers Festival, returns for its fifth instalment this year.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jul 24, 2026
Sharing cultures, one powerful story: Gapu Ŋupan brings Yolŋu and Taiwanese knowledge to the stage

Some performances entertain. Others carry something much deeper. Gapu Ŋupan (Chasing the Rainbow) is one of those rare works born from relationship, cultural responsibility and years of shared le...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jul 21, 2026
PM grilled on Garma snub in first Tiwi trip

Anthony Albanese has faced questions over his decision not to attend a major Indigenous festival and the prospect of a Northern Territory AFL team during a historic trip to the Tiwi Islands.

Prime Minister defends decision not to attend Garma festival

Anthony Albanese has been forced to defend his decision not to attend this year's Garma Festival, despite previously promising he would attend the gathering every year he was Prime Minister.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 17, 2026
Top End carnival, festival to run side-by-side in Kakadu for first time in years

Music, dance and culture will meet footy and basketball in Kakadu this dry season, with the return of two major celebrations for the region running side-by-side.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jul 16, 2026
Nationally touring First Nations exhibition highlights City’s NAIDOC celebrations

Nationally significant First Nations art and cultural experiences are set to take centre stage in the northern suburbs this NAIDOC Week, with the City of Joondalup bringing a major ACMI touring exhibi...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jul 6, 2026
Funding boost to help grow Tiwi Cultural Festival

The Federal Government will invest $250,000 to support the 2026 Tiwi Cultural Festival, with the funding aimed at strengthening one of the Northern Territory's premier First Nations cultural events wh...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 3, 2026
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