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'Deeply sorry': NT Police Commissioner apologises to Indigenous Australians at Garma Festival

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GARMA FESTIVAL 2024

Northern Territory Police Commissioner Michael Murphy apologies to the indigenous community for past injustices during the Garma Festival held at the Gulkula ceremonial in the Gove Peninsula of the Northern Territory, Saturday, August 3, 2024. The Garma Festival is Australia’s largest Indigenous gathering, a 4-day celebration of Yolngu life and culture held in remote northeast Arnhem Land. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE

Aboriginal groups have welcomed an apology delivered by the Northern Territory Police chief for injustice and harm inflicted on First Nations Australians in the past 150 years.

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Aboriginal groups have welcomed an apology delivered by the Northern Territory Police chief for injustice and harm inflicted on First Nations Australians in the past 150 years.

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