Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania also working towards treaties
State governments in Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania are also working towards establishing treaties with First Nations communities., which called for the creation of a Makarrata Commission to oversee agreements between governments and First Nations people and a truth-telling process.
“Like all marriages, it requires constant engagement, constant conversation, and productive relations to continue,” he said. “We always seem to live in electoral cycles. And this is what we understand as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,” she said.
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