Dutton and Price absent themselves from the Gama Festival, page-107

It is all hype
Garma represents no one other than the people at the government trough

Less than 2000 attend

Many are dancers flown in from Sydney

Local people have no way of affording the ticket price.

I have participated in the local Aboriginal art group and attended their sessions
memorable because we got bogged at a nearby beach.

Aboriginal people as you know are free to do anything

anything they want.

but Garma is run and mandated from Canberra and other places
not from Gulkula

Garma FestivalEast Arnhem Landhttps://www.eastarnhemland.com.au › ... › All eventsGarma Pass - ADULT - $2,750.00. * Requires 18+ photo ID ; Garma Pass - TAFE - UNI - Student 18+ - $1,850.00. * TAFE/University Student - Requires appropriate 18+ ...

It is total bulltish
what Aboriginal is going to pay $10k to attend???????