Anthony Albanese will not attend Garma festival, despite vowing to attend every year as prime minister

Albanese has attended the Indigenous cultural festival every year since 2019 and committed to ‘be here and engaged with you’ each yeah he remains in office

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Anthony Albanese won’t attend this month’s Garma festival, breaking a commitment made just 12 months ago to travel to north-east Arnhem Land each year for Australia’s largest Indigenous cultural gathering.

The prime minister last year vowed to keep attending the annual celebration of Yolŋu culture so long as he was in the role.