Eleven first-time members chosen as results reignite debate about representation of traditional owners
Victorian Indigenous leaders who will negotiate the state’s nation-first treaty will push to overhaul how traditional owners are represented, raising the age of criminal responsibility and boosting First Nations peoples’ involvement in protecting the environment.
Of the 22 general members elected, 11 have been elected for the first time. They include Nerita Waight, chief executive of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, Barry Firebrace-Briggs, a former Department of Premier and Cabinet staffer, Rodney Carter, a former chair of the state’s heritage council, and Sheree Lowe, an executive director at the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation.
The Andrews government has vowed to overhaul the state’s controversial bail laws, which have disproportionately impacted Indigenous women.
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