Before the election, Chris Minns promised to work towards a treaty with the state’s Indigenous nations. But the Voice result has made that more complex and difficult.
When NSW Labor leader Chris Minns promised in January that a government led by him would embark on a year-long consultation with First Nations people on a treaty, Australia was a very different place. At the start of 2023, according to theBut in just10 months that enthusiasm evaporated, and even with an election win under his belt, Minns now faces an impossible task. The premier has the mandate to start the treaty process but against the backdrop of a vastly changed political landscape.
It is the only state that has not initiated a treaty process or engaged in comprehensive land settlement deals. Saturday’s result will only further delay NSW’s progress. A month after Dutton delivered what would ultimately be a killer blow to the Yes vote, NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman walked away from former premier Dominic Perrottet’s vocal support for a constitutionally enshrined Voice.But Speakman’s position did not wreak damage like that of his federal colleagues, and the NSW shadow cabinet agreed that MPs from the Liberals and Nationals could campaign freely for either the Yes or No vote “in line with their own views and those of their community”.
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