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More from the Garma festival, which begun at Gulkula in north east Arnhem Land with a solemn and loving tribute to the beloved Gumatj leader Yunupingu.
Merrikiawuy Ganambarr Stubbs spoke lovingly of her Uncle.
During his early days, she said, when he and his elders were preparing the Yirrkala bark petition and trying to resist the Nabalco bauxite mine on their land on the Gove peninsula in the 1960’s, “he was a young man, around 15 yo, and he couldn’t talk” she said.
At that time the elders did talking and “he didn’t say much, even tho he wanted to”.
“So he wrote songs. It was his way of expressing himself, expressing his love for his land and for his culture and for what was really right.”
“Today his word will echo in one of those songs”, she said.
The song, about 1788 included lyrics about the invasion of Aboriginal land.
12m ago20.35 EDT
AFP’s chief operating officer ‘never tried to hide’ 13-year work history with PwC
The Greens senator David Shoebridge is up at the AFP’s estimates appearance, where he is asking senior officials about their ties to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
It’s revealed the chief operating officer, Charlotte Tressler, worked at the firm for 13 years more than a decade ago, rising to the role of director.
Tressler was the decision-maker in granting a $794,000 contract to PwC looking into ACT policing, led by the former NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller.
Shoebridge asks why the chief operating officer didn’t publicly declare her historical ties to the firm at earlier estimates hearings.
She responds she’s “always been open and transparent” about her employment with PwC.
I’ve never tried to hide my relationship with PwC. I’ve openly included it on my LinkedIn account where clearly you have found that information.
Chief financial officer Paul Wood confirmed Tressler had put in a conflict of interest declaration and followed the guidelines.
Updated at 20.45 EDT23m ago20.24 EDT
Garma festival kicks off in north-east Arnhem Land
The Garma festival has begun at Gulkula in north-east Arnhem Land with a solemn and loving tribute to the beloved Gumatj leader Yunupingu, whose vision over decades helped consolidate the festival as the premier national Indigenous gathering.
Gumatj clan dancers with bilma (clap sticks) and yidaki (didgeridu) sang family members, wearing bright yellow – the Gumatj clan colours – into the forum. Yunupingu’s daughter Binmila carried a photograph of him which they placed at the podium.
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2023-08-03 19:40:20
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