With another successful Garma festival wrapping up for this year, it was great to see both indigenous and non-indigenous people coming together on the lands of the Yolnu people in a sprite of cooperation . With so many in society seeking to divide us racially, such cooperation is most welcome, then real progress can be made in Aboriginal affairs. This years Garma theme was "Buknuk", meaning everyone, and beside the cultural aspects being celebrated, there was a strong message of cooperation delivered by the various speakers. Penny Wong Foreign Minister, delivered a speech defending multiculturalism.. Lia Finocchiaro, Northern Territory Chief Minister announced a major land tenure agreement for Nhulunbuy during her speech. Malarndirri McCarthy, Minister for Indigenous Australians addressed delegates on key federal policies. Sue-Anne Hunter, National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People spoke of the importance of education. Julian Leeser, Shadow Indigenous Australians Minister spoke of mental health and education being top priorities for Indigenous Australians.

what don't the grifters understand about no. Still trying to divide the nation by race. What grubs!

" then real progress can be made in Aboriginal affairs."

Let's come back next year and see how much 'progress' has been made as a result of these extended virtue signalling jamborees. Any advance on none?

I saw a women on SBS who wouldn't have looked out of place in an ABBA cover band, demanding that the government do 'sumfing' to protect 'OUR' (ie Aboriginal) art from AI plagiarism. It just gets funnier every year.

If I thought for a second that these 'events' would advance the plight of Arnhem aboriginals living in decrepit circumstances, I'd support it wholeheartedly. But that's not what these things are about. Its about boosting the self-esteem of the grifters

Hi Trumpster,

With your racists mentality, judging an Aboriginal person against the Dulux colour chart, as YOU do, and then saying they belong in an ABBA impersonator band, how droll. I'll let YOU in on a little secret, just as YOU the Anglo-Saxon-Celtic warrior don't look like Cassivellaunus or Boudica, not all Aboriginal people look like Pemulwuy or Truganini. Sorry for the disappointment, all I can say in your language is "Mór an trua sin", YOU don't understand, you're not of Anglo-Saxon Celtic race, what are YOU?

YOU disparagingly quip that; "Let's come back next year and see how much 'progress' has been made as a result of these extended virtue signalling jamborees. Any advance on none?" I expect there will be incremental progressive advancement in Aboriginal affairs in the next twelve months. Despite people like YOU, who oppose any such advancement, believing Aboriginal people should be camped in a humpy down at the river bank, outside of town, and out of mind, getting pissed on cheap booze you white mob profit from. Are YOU related to Dan Murphy, How sad if YOU are.

Aboriginals are not separate.
They are part of our society.
They should not parade around with a separate flag.
They should not claim separate ownership.
They have no control in Australia other than that given by government.
My impression is that, at present, there is a concerted effort by government to encourage aboriginals to live by Australian standards.
Aboriginals have tried to live apart for far too long.
The truth is that they cannot go back to living as their ancestors did.
And NO ONE should try to divide Australia along racial lines.

"not all Aboriginal people look like Pemulwuy or Truganini."

You're right. I well remember reading how Cook commented on how Scandinavian many of the aboriginals he met looked!! </sarc>

When people obviously have a big majority of their genetic heritage being European but choose to claim their small aboriginal genetic makeup as being paramount, one questions their motives. People used to deny their aboriginal genes, but now its very lucrative for urbanites to find an aboriginal in their ancestry.

"YOU don't understand, you're not of Anglo-Saxon Celtic race, what are YOU?"

Australian.

"believing Aboriginal people should be camped in a humpy down at the river bank,"

Which part of my post saying "If I thought for a second that these 'events' would advance the plight of Arnhem aboriginals living in decrepit circumstances, I'd support it wholeheartedly", went over your head?