Quick Read In short: Five Aboriginal people have been appointed to the Treaty Authority, which will oversee negotiations between the First Peoples' Assembly and state government Five Aboriginal people have been appointed to the Treaty Authority, which will oversee negotiations between the First Peoples' Assembly and state government What's next? In response, Minister for Treaty and First Peoples Natalie Hutchins …
They come from the oldest families to have lived on the land now known as Victoria, and on Wednesday they took over Parliament House. Now, the fresh members at the First Peoples' Assembly have a weighty task from their communities — addressing the ongoing traumas of colonisation through a blanket treaty with the state of Victoria. Wednesday's meeting on Wurundjeri …
In a packed room in Melbourne's north, Gunditjmara man Rod Lovett encouraged those before him to think big. Retiring Assembly co-chair says community must push treaty forward Outgoing co-chair Aunty Geraldine Atkinson, a Bangerang and Wiradjuri woman, said she was feeling proud and "exhilarated" as she cast her vote in the treaty elections and prepared to step back from the …
When Aunty Fay Carter reflects on the possibility of treaty, she sees a historic chance to educate Victorians on her community's battles. "Our whole history needs to be taught in schools, so that young people can appreciate what our history's all about, what has happened to our people," the Dja Dja Wurrung and Yorta Yorta elder said. Assembly member Trent …
The Victorian coroner will investigate the death of an Aboriginal woman who died in hospital after she was transferred from the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne's west. Key points: Through the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, the family has asked for space to grieve the loss Corrections Victoria said support was being provided to women at the prison The coroner …