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'It would cause a lot of trauma' - Election clouds future of historic First Peoples treaty
Hailed as "two worlds" coming together to forge deeper understanding, the signin...
Have your say: expanded mandatory NDIS registration
First Peoples Disability Network have been engaged by the Quality and Safeguard...
Giovanni Torre 8 Oct 2026
First Peoples artists invited to transform Melbourne’s trams in 2027
First Peoples artists with connections to Victoria are being invited to take the...
Sponsored content 1 Oct 2026
Traditional Owners still waiting for Government response on ‘No Air’ laws
Victorian Traditional Owners say they have still received no response from the C...
Dechlan Brennan 2 Sep 2026
Thorpe, Greens call for Victorian ‘No Air’ prison bill to be scrapped

Senator Lidia Thorpe and the Greens are the latest to call for a controversial Victorian amendment that would mean prisoners are no longer guaranteed daily access to fresh air to be scrapped.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 12, 2026
Denial of guaranteed daily access to fresh air for prisoners ‘inconsistent’ with Treaty

Victorian Traditional Owners say legislation that means prisoners are no longer guaranteed daily access to fresh air is "inconsistent with the spirit and intent of Statewide Treaty".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 12, 2026
Polling shows Liberals Treaty repeal not a priority for Victorian voters

The Victorian Liberal Party's plan to repeal Treaty should not be a priority if it wins office in November, new polling shows. The historic Treaty agreement, signed last year between the Victorian Gov...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 10, 2026
'Australia has a skeleton in its closet': Treaty leaders back national truth-telling

Racism against First Peoples is a direct consequence of colonisation and remains embedded in Australia's institutions, laws and systems, the Co-Chair of Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly has told a p...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 6, 2026
New Deputy Premier Gabrielle Williams returns to First Peoples portfolio

New Deputy Premier Gabrielle Williams has been appointed Victoria's Minister for First Peoples, becoming the third person to hold the portfolio in less than nine months.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 4, 2026
Social Justice Report: Structural reform key to the future of First Nations rights

Australia will fail to close the gap or achieve lasting justice for First Nations peoples unless governments move beyond decades of unfulfilled commitments and embed Indigenous rights into the nation'...

Moving canvases: First Peoples art and stories celebrated 'loudly and proudly' across Melbourne's tram grid

An icon of Melbourne's identity is sharing First Nations art, stories, culture, reflections and visions for the future while taking others, literally, along for the ride.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jun 3, 2026
First Peoples' Assembly elects new co-chairs

The First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria has elected new co-chairs following the announcement of election results last month. Gunnai and Gunditjmara person Meriki Onus and Dja Dja Wurrung, Wamba Wamba...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 8, 2026
New voices to shape Victoria’s Treaty future as First Peoples' Assembly election results are announced

A former AFL player and a former journalist are among the new faces elected to the next term of Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly. Results of the Assembly's third election were announced on Friday by...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 24, 2026
First Peoples Disability Network urges government to listen before NDIS overhaul

First Peoples Disability Network Australia has joined Australia's Disability Representative Organisations in calling for people with disability to lead the design of the National Disability Insurance...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 23, 2026
'We could reshape tourism': First Nations council launches in Naarm's tourist hotspot

After years in the making the Yannabil First Peoples Tourism Council has officially launched. Naarm / Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula on Bunurong/Boon-Wurrung County is an environmentally-diverse, ex...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 20, 2026
Treaty-era governance takes shape as First Peoples' Assembly voting opens across Victoria

Voting for the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria opened on Saturday, with more than 80 candidates contesting seats across the state. Having negotiated the country's first Treaty with the Victorian G...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 23, 2026
Ngarra Murray to step down as First Peoples' Assembly Co-Chair ahead of elections

Co-Chair of the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria, Ngarra Murray, will not seek re-election in this year's Treaty elections, ending a three-year tenure during which she helped oversee the signing of...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 24, 2026
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