‘Not a monoculture’: Wong draws line on Australia’s identity

'We are not a monoculture and never have been,' Penny Wong tells Garma Festival

On the second day of Garma Festival, Foreign Minister Penny Wong emphasised the strategic importance of ties between First Nations peoples and Australia's Pacific neighbours.

‘Not a monoculture’: Wong draws line on Australia’s identity

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has declared Australia’s diversity is one of the nation’s greatest strengths in a major Garma Festival speech.

First Nations Culture Gives Australia A Global Edge, Penny Wong Declares

First Nations culture and connections are becoming an increasingly important part of Australia’s foreign policy, with Foreign Minister Penny Wong addressing the Garma Festival in the Northern Territory. Speaking to thousands of visitors at the annual festival, Senator Wong said Australia’s First Nations history provided the country with unique diplomatic and economic opportunities across the Indo-Pacific. “At a time of global contest and uncerta…