The cancelling of Queensland's Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry, and the repealing of the Path to Treaty Act, is "a devastating step backwards for First Nations rights," the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner says.

Last week, the Queensland government - in its first sitting act of the new parliament - moved to introduce legislation to finalise the inquiry.

Chair Josh Creamer described it as an "extraordinary act", highlighting how it was "snuck in" as an amendment of the Olympic Games legislation.

The government has said the funding allocated for the truth-telling will be spent on "projects and programs that improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland".

On Wednesday, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Katie Kiss, said the decision was a "blow to respectful relationships between the state government and Indigenous Queenslanders".

The Kaanju and Biri/Widi woman, who grew up on the lands of the Darumbal People and was formerly the executive director of the Interim Truth and Treaty Body, said making the decision without consulting with First Nations people was "divisive", calling it a "unilateral decision to deny our people the chance to share their stories to help accurately convey our state's history".

"It was deeply disrespectful and harmful to our communities, to our senior elders who carry the trauma of their lived experience of colonisation and deserve to be heard, and to the many people who put in years of work to make it a reality," Commissioner Kiss said.

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Despite no mention about Treaty or truth-telling on the Voice Referendum ballot last year, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Fiona Simpson, argued the result - which saw 68 per cent of Queensland vote no - meant "Queenslanders wanted to be united, not divided".

Mr Creamer told reporters last week, despite the government's promise for "respect and decency," he had not heard anything from the government since Premier Crisafulli first announced his intention to repeal the act in October.

"Disappointingly," Mr Creamer said last week, "their [the government's] behaviour today in particular has certainly not demonstrated that."

He said there is "not any room in this government to listen to voices opposed to them, and there's certainly not any room in this government to listen to the voices of strong Indigenous leadership".

"The government certainly have no interest in listening," he said.

"As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, we deserve better. We deserve the best and equal to what everyone else receives."

Commissioner Kiss emphasised the decision wasn't just a "missed opportunity" for First Nations people, but for all Queenslanders.

"The hearings that took place this year demonstrated the benefits truth-telling has for everyone by fostering unity, understanding, respect, dignity and wellbeing for all," she said.

In September, seven heads of Queensland government departments, including Police Commissioner Gollschewski, admitted they had "failed" Aboriginal people "for 160 years"—in some cases, going so far as to deliberately kill them.

At the time, Mr Creamer said: "If I could sum up what I've heard this morning it's generally from representative government that 'we failed you for 160 years in various forms.'"

Commissioner Kiss said including First Nations People in decisions that directly impacted and affected them, as well as ensuring those with lived experience are heard, is "foundational to effective policy-making".

"If the Queensland Government sees such little value in shared decision-making and in hearing the truth about the First Nations inequality, the measures where reinvested Path to Treaty funds are to be directed are doomed to fail," she said.

"We cannot be any clearer about this."