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The federal government has announced $6.4 million for a new education facility in Arnhem Land, as prime minister Anthony Albanese travels to the remote region for this weekend’s Garma festival.

Albanese and Indigenous Australians minister Linda Burney overnight committed the funding to the Garma Institute, a new tertiary and vocational education facility in northeast Arnhem Land. It’s the setting for the annual Garma festival, founded by late Indigenous leader Yunupingu.