Government’s commitment to treaty and truth-telling processes under scrutiny
Anthony Albanese welcomed treaty and truth-telling efforts on a state and territory level during his speech at Garma, in northeast Arnhem Land, but did not say whether the federal government would undertake either process.
Instead, he told the crowd he was committed to Makarrata – saying it meant coming together after a struggle – but what that looked like was yet to be decided.
Our commitment to a better future for First Nations people is as strong as ever.
We can close the gap. And we must.
We’re building more remote housing, helping communities get the health care they need, and fully funding NT public schools. pic.twitter.com/acJ9jPrmYR
— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) August 3, 2024
Surely no one is against the fact that there’s been a struggle and surely no one is against that people should come together after there’s been a struggle.
We’ll continue to engage in good faith with leaders and communities to decide what the steps should be at a national level.
Former voice referendum Yes23 campaign manager Dean Parkin said the government should not backslide on its commitments to truth-telling and treaty.
We’re talking about a thing that would oversee, as the Uluru Statement says, the process of agreement-making between First Nations and truth-telling about our history.
If we start talking about it as a concept it gets left open to whatever it may be.
For more on this, including the NT police commissioner’s apology to the Indigenous community, read the full report by Guardian Australia’s Karen Middleton:
Key events
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected the suggestion that the government’s reset on Indigenous Affairs following The Voice referendum constitutes as “long, deafening silence” on the issue saying that “after a fire, comes rain and comes renewal.”
Speaking to Speers in a pre-recorded interview recorded on Saturday, the PM sought to recast the government’s approach to Indigenous Affairs around efforts to promote “economic prosperity”.
How do we Close the Gap? How do we empower a First Nations people so that they get the opportunities that other Australians have?
The search for a 40-year-old man believed to have been taken by a crocodile in far north Queensland will continue on Sunday.
It’s believed he had been fishing on a riverbank near Cooktown on Saturday when he fell into the water and failed to resurface, Queensland police said.
To catch up, read Graham Readfearn’s report from yesterday:
Government’s commitment to treaty and truth-telling processes under scrutiny
Anthony Albanese welcomed treaty and truth-telling efforts on a state and territory level during his speech at Garma, in northeast Arnhem Land, but did not say whether the federal government would undertake either process.
Instead, he told the crowd he was committed to Makarrata – saying it meant coming together after a struggle – but what that looked like was yet to be decided.
Our commitment to a better future for First Nations people is as strong as ever.
We can close the gap. And we must.
We’re building more remote housing, helping communities get the health care they need, and fully funding NT public schools. pic.twitter.com/acJ9jPrmYR
— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) August 3, 2024
Surely no one is against the fact that there’s been a struggle and surely no one is against that people should come together after there’s been a struggle.
We’ll continue to engage in good faith with leaders and communities to decide what the steps should be at a national level.
Former voice referendum Yes23 campaign manager Dean Parkin said the government should not backslide on its commitments to truth-telling and treaty.
We’re talking about a thing that would oversee, as the Uluru Statement says, the process of agreement-making between First Nations and truth-telling about our history.
If we start talking about it as a concept it gets left open to whatever it may be.
For more on this, including the NT police commissioner’s apology to the Indigenous community, read the full report by Guardian Australia’s Karen Middleton:
Anthony Albanese’s conversation with ABC Insiders host David Speers, from the Garma festival in the Northern Territory, will show on Sunday morning.
The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, and the Coalition’s defence spokesperson, Andrew Hastie, have spoken to Sky News this morning
We will bring you all the latest as it happens.
Good Morning
And welcome to another Sunday morning Guardian live blog.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is on the ground in the Northern Territory for the first Garma festival since the failed referendum to establish an Indigenous voice to parliament. The PM pledged an ongoing commitment to reconciliation and Closing the Gap, with climate change expected to be on the agenda through Sunday.
The search for a missing man believed to have been taken by a crocodile in far north Queensland will continue on Sunday. Emergency service workers were called to Annan River Bridge in Cooktown after a reports a man fishing on the riverbank when he fell into the water and is believed to have been attacked by a crocodile.
I’m Royce Kurmelovs and I’ll be taking the blog through the day.
With that, let’s get started …