1. What does the Garma festival celebrate?
The Garma festival is a celebration of the Yolngu culture held at Gulkula and they get together and celebrate the traditional owners of the land.
2.What do people do over four days during the festival?
Over the four days during the festival people share their stories, discuss their important issues and think about ways to bring about change.
3. What is this year’s theme?
The theme of this year’s Garma festival is Truth Telling.
4. What do the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Community want to change about the Australian Constitution?
The Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Community want to change the Australian Constitution many of them say it should recognize the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Australians, while also giving them their own voice in the parliament and more of a say on policies and decisions that affect them. That would require a referendum which means – a vote put to all Australians. But Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says that the vote won’t happen anytime soon