Twenty-one elected members to the First Peoples’ Assembly, a group charged with being the voice of Indigenous Victorians during the Victoria Treaty process, have now been announced.
Treaties between Indigenous people and governments will essentially act as contracts, and can be used to acknowledge sacred sites, names, historic sovereignty and historical wrongs.
Treaty Advancement Commissioner Jill Gallagher said the elections are a “transformative moment in the treaty process” and the elected people “will make vital decisions about the framework for negotiations, which will influence treaty negotiations in the future”.