The premier will say a different approach is needed to address the injustices and entrenched disadvantage faced by Indigenous Victorians.
Premier Jacinta Allan will become the first state leader to appear before a formal Indigenous-led truth-telling commission on Monday, when she will stress Victoria’s commitment to a state treaty with First Peoples.Premier Jacinta Allan listened to Wurundjeri leaders and commissioners at a Yoorrook Justice Commision hearing near the old Coranderrk mission, in Healesville, last week.The $52.
Ahead of her appearance, Allan expressed her support for incorporating the commission’s work into the state education curriculum to provide a greater understanding of the issues among the wider public.After listening to evidence provided to commissioners from Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung traditional owners last week, the premier reaffirmed her government’s commitment to treaty and “embracing” the pathway to negotiations with First Peoples, which will begin later this year.
“It will be their advice that we will take in terms of when that process gets to the point that we need to present the legislation to the Victorian parliament,” she said., who informed the inquiry that a thorough statewide treaty process could take up to 10 years, according to international models.
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