Governing from Gulkula
For four days Prime Minister Abbott ruled the country from the sacred area in NE Arnhem land called Gulkula.. did anything rub off? Maybe.
For four days Tony Abbott governed the country from a tent at Gulkula in North East Arnhem Land. It cost a lot more to stay in that tent than to stay in a five star hotel. So the question is: Was anything achieved by the Prime Minister’s visit? Did the Prime MInister see what he needed to see? Maybe there is room for a little optimism. Gulkula is a place renowned by the Yolngu people. It is a place where the Garma Festival of Traditional Culture is held each year and where in the ashes of Dhupuma College a bush university is planned. There is also talk of a network of independent homeland schools with a board of governors made up of Yolngu elders. While the visit proved disappointing in some areas - the question of homeland schools and local boarding schools and relationships with schools in the South is an important issue that is beyond politics and deserves universal support.
For more download the pdf file and follow the links to interviews with Warren Mundine, Alan Tudge and Joe Morrison.For four days Tony Abbott governed the country from a tent at Gulkula in North East Arnhem Land. It cost a lot more to stay in that tent than to stay in a five star hotel. So the question is: Was anything achieved by the Prime Minister’s visit? Did the Prime MInister see what he needed to see?
Gulkula is a place renowned by the Yolngu people. It is a place where the Garma festival is held every year and where in the ashes of Dhupima College, (a pathbreaking boarding school for Arnhem land communities that was tragically closed down in its prime), a new bush university is proposed to be built by the Yothu Yindi Foundation.
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