The Garma festival, held each year in Arnhem Land, took place last week. In its own words,
Garma attracts an exclusive gathering of 2,500 political and business leaders from across the globe. YYF is committed to improving the state of Indigenous disadvantage by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas.
This year the theme was “Truth Telling”. A number of speakers made reference to the ‘Uluru Statement’, a beautifully written, important report from the Referendum Council, which had been appointed by the government and comprising indigenous and non-indigenous representatives. You can read the Final Report of the Referendum Council here. Even if you don’t read the whole report, read the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
It was delivered to government in May 2018 and almost immediately quashed. The speed and apparent finality of its dismissal by the government was damning. The Great Australian Silence descends again.
But there’s talk. Noel Pearson spoke. And Richard Flanagan wrote. Read it.
The Resident Judge of Port Phillip 
Thank you for all that.
Brian
Reblogged this on Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large and commented:
Read it.
I had this bookmarked and only just got to it. It’s hard to believe just how off-hand Turnbull was in his dismissal. You’ve prompted me to update my Aboriginal Australia page with links to both the Uluru Statement and the report of Referendum Committee.