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Indigenous rangers discover Boorloo / Perth Hills population of rare native fish thought to be extinct
Key points:- A native fish species, the Balston's pygmy perch was thought to be...
Giovanni Torre 25 May 2026
Locals save Mandoon Bilya from massive AI data centre
Plans for a hyperscale data centre in Boorloo / Perth's east have been scrapped...
David Prestipino 15 May 2026
Garma 2026 theme - Bukmak (Everyone) - an 'expression of unity and a celebration of diversity'
The Yothu Yindi Foundation has announced the theme for the 26th annual Garma Fes...
Giovanni Torre 27 Apr 2026
Cultural concerns over planned data centre near Mandoon Bilya
A proposed hyperscale data centre in Boorloo / Perth's east is facing escalating...
David Prestipino 3 Apr 2026
Dozens of public servants sent to Garma as NIAA festival spending approaches $1 million
The Department responsible for funding Indigenous affairs spent almost a million...
Dechlan Brennan 10 Feb 2026
The $1 billion question: Who controls Aboriginal futures?

It has been just over a fortnight since Garma, the annual celebration and gathering that showcases Yolngu people, culture and Country. What usually transcends the days after Garma is positive upliftin...

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Nigel Browne Aug 26, 2025
Noongar Elders raise the alarm over "continued expansion" of mining in jarrah forests

Bibbul Ngarma Aboriginal Association has sounded the alarm over what it called "the continued expansion of mining by Alcoa and others in the jarrah forests of Noongar Boodja and especially in the Mund...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 26, 2025
After Garma’s promises, why are Traditional Owners missing from Chalmers’ economic roundtable?

At Garma, the Prime Minister said policy would be made with First Nations people, not for them. He spoke about partnership and shared decision-making.

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 19, 2025
Wild Honey: the sweetest sound of remote Australia

Gawukawu Gurruwiwi can't remember a time when music was not part of his life. The grandson of legendary Indigenous artist, Yothu Yindi frontman Mandawuy Yunupingu, he grew up in the Northern Territory...

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Keira Jenkins Aug 16, 2025
Price accuses Albanese of "grandstanding" at Garma, says nothing has changed for Indigenous Australians

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has renewed her criticism of the Albanese government, calling the Prime Minister's appearance at this year's Garma Festival an "annual performance".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 11, 2025
Festival started from a broken promise looks to future

When two brothers stood on an escarpment in remote northeast Arnhem Land, they looked into the future, and the Garma Festival was born. Those brothers, M Yunupingu, the lead singer of Yothu Yindi, and...

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Keira Jenkins Aug 9, 2025
Garma leaves a mark on visitors from across the globe

The Garma Festival attracts thousands of people to one of Australia's most remote regions each year. The local Yolngu culture is front and centre, with art, music, and bunggul (ceremonial dance) all s...

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Keira Jenkins Aug 4, 2025
Australia due for 'massive reckoning' with its history

Australia needs a "massive reckoning" with the injustices of its own colonial past, human rights advocates say. Speaking at the Garma Festival at Gulkula in northeast Arnhem Land, Aboriginal and Torre...

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Keira Jenkins Aug 4, 2025
Garma organiser urges action on 'horrors in statistics'

Political leaders have been warned their attendance at one of Australia's largest cultural festivals is not enough to make progress for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Keira Jenkins Aug 3, 2025
National Native Title Council welcomes federal funding boost for Traditional Owner organisations

The National Native Title Council has welcomed the Federal Government's $75 million investment in Traditional Owner organisations to manage native title rights.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 3, 2025
OPINION: Economic partnership or political theatre? Government’s Garma plan questioned amid worsening outcomes

As Garma Festival continues in northeast Arnhem Land, it is once again the stage for big promises about the future of First Nations people in this country.

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 2, 2025
“Beads and trinkets”– Lidia Thorpe slams Prime Minister’s “exercise in optics” at Garma

Independent Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe has slammed Anthony Albanese's "annual excursion to Garma" as having become "an exercise in optics, an attempt to Blackwash the Labor Party".

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 2, 2025
Coalition of Peaks, PM and First Nations Economic Empowerment Alliance announce "historic agreement"

The Coalition of Peaks has heralded their joint announcement, with the Prime Minister and the First Nations Economic Empowerment Alliance, of a new agreement establish a First Nations Economic Partner...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 2, 2025
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