National Indigenous Television (NITV) will provide coverage of the 24th annual Garma Festival, taking place 2-5 August in Gulkula, northeast Arnhem Land, NT.
Coverage will also feature across the SBS network and will provide viewers access to the celebration of the cultural, artistic, and ceremonial traditions of the Yolŋu people across the four-day event.
This year, Australia’s largest political Indigenous gathering is taking place ahead of an impending federal election and upcoming state and territory elections, and is the first major political forum focused on Indigenous affairs since the Referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
“We can’t wait to be back on the ground at Gulkula, red dirt between our toes, on the beautiful and sacred land of the Yolŋu people,” said Tanya Denning-Orman, a Birri and Guugu Yimidhirr woman and director of Indigenous content at SBS.
“NITV is proud to partner with the Yothu Yindi Foundation to continue bringing Garma to mob across the continent, as we’ve been doing for more than a decade. Through our coverage across the SBS network, we’re connecting the oldest living continuous culture with the newest Australians, and are excited to continue exploring more ways to engage more Australians.”
Daily live coverage, updates, and highlights across NITV’s platforms will be presented by its Indigenous news and current affairs team including head of Indigenous news and current affairs, Natalie Ahmat, SBS national Indigenous affairs editor and host of The Point: Road Trip, John Paul Janke, NITV News presenter and senior producer, Michael Rennie, and more.
NITV and the SBS network’s coverage include:
NITV News: Nula
Friday 2 August at 3pm, LIVE on NITV, SBS and SBS On Demand
Garma Opening Ceremony
Friday 2 August at 4pm, LIVE on NITV, SBS and SBS On Demand
Garma Buŋgul
Friday 2 August at 9.10pm, Saturday 3 August at 10.50pm and Sunday 4 August at 10.10pm on NITV and SBS On Demand
NITV News: Garma
Monday 5 August at 6pm on NITV, SBS and SBS On Demand