The Federal Government has now explicitly walked away from a pre-election promise to introduce a national commission to lead "truth-telling" about First Nations history.

In her new capacity as  Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy spoke to Patricia Karvelas at Garma festival about navigating a way forward for Indigenous Australians. She says her focus with bi-partisanship is on the Closing the Gap targets and Indigenous organisations have to be "at the table" and she says she'll be reaching out to them "wherever they are."

• Guest: Malarndirri McCarthy, Indigenous Australians Minister