Foreign Minister Wong Highlights First Nations' Strategic Advantage at Garma Festival
Foreign Minister Penny Wong told Garma Festival that First Nations' historic relationships with Pacific neighbours offer Australia a "strategic national advantage." Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy spoke on land rights, while Gumatj leader Djawa Yunupiŋu announced a new land council and Noel Pearson called for an overhaul of remote Aboriginal community management.

