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Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong delivered a powerful message at the Garma Festival, declaring that Australia has never been—and never will be—a single culture. She celebrated the nation’s rich Indigenous heritage and multicultural identity as its greatest strength, not a source of division. Highlighting Indigenous Australians as “first diplomats” and “first traders,” Wong underscored centuries-old regional connections that continue to shape Australia’s diplomacy in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. Recent treaties with Fiji and Timor-Leste, infused with First Nations leadership, exemplify this unique advantage. Emphasizing unity under the festival’s theme Bukmak, she urged embracing all of Australia’s stories to build a stronger, more resilient future on the global stage.

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