Victoria becomes first Australian state to formally table treaty legislation in parliament
Victoria's historic treaty is promising to "reckon with the past" and empower the state's First Peoples — and explicitly declares it will not take anything away from the broader community.
The treaty legislation was tabled in parliament on Tuesday afternoon and if passed, will make permanent the First Peoples' Assembly under a new authority called Gellung Warl.
The assembly, which was set up in 2019 to elect Aboriginal people to negotiate a treaty on their behalf, will have the power to make rules on matters that directly affect First Peoples in Victoria.
"Treaty is built on a simple principle: First Peoples decide First Peoples' issues. This doesn't take anything away from anyone else,'' the treaty says.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-09/victoria-treaty-legislation-parliment-first-peoples/105749692
This is good. Hopefully this will become law and go a long way towards making up for the failed referendum couple of years ago. In more good news, the conservatives seem to be on the downslide and Labor is already forecast to win the next state election. Time will tell.