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"In August, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended the Garma Festival and
announced the government’s new Indigenous policy direction. This agenda rises
from the ashes of the Voice to Parliament referendum, almost a year after it
was voted down.
Alongside continuing to address
Closing the Gap measures, the new direction
emphasises economic empowerment and development. Albanese connected closing the
gap with the “new opportunities” arising in the global economy, including in
sectors such as defence, security, critical minerals and renewable energy.
At the same time, he seemed to distance himself from establishing a
truth-telling commission, or Makarrata, as the government had promised to do.
Instead, he spoke about doing things that “make a practical difference”.
But economic development and truth telling are not mutually exclusive. In fact,
truth telling is crucial for the success of any economic plan for Indigenous
people."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
