Much of the work on pursuing Treaty and Truth in the last 12 months has come from state governments and community organisations.
When the Indigenous Voice referendum was voted down on 14 October last year, Aboriginal leader and academic Marcia Langton declared " reconciliation is dead ". Although only one in six Australians voted No to enshrining an Indigenous Voice in the constitution, every state and territory excluding the ACT rejected the proposal. At the time, Indigenous leaders of the Yes campaign described the result as a " shameful act ".
South Australia's Voice to Parliament , which was legislated before the federal referendum, announced the members of its inaugural advisory body in June. The 12 came from 46 seats across six local Voice regions, voted in by South Australians. Also predating the referendum, the Victorian Parliament introduced treaty legislation in 2018, becoming the first state or territory to do so.
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