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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 t...
Dechlan Brennan 24 Apr 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...
Dechlan Brennan 23 Mar 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 see...
Dechlan Brennan 24 Feb 2026
Call out for Victorian Traditional Owners to stand in First Peoples' Assembly elections
The First Peoples' Assembly — the elected body representing Indigenous people in...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Feb 2026
A year of transformation and contradiction in Victoria
A historic Treaty signing — the first in the country's history — and the deliver...
Dechlan Brennan 19 Dec 2025
Australia's first Treaty formally commences with cultural celebration on Wurundjeri Country

Victoria's historic Treaty — the first agreement of its kind between First Peoples and a state in Australia — has officially come into effect following a night of celebration in Naarm.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 16, 2025
New Victorian Liberal leader reaffirms party’s plan to abolish Treaty

Victoria's new Liberal leader, Jess Wilson, has confirmed she fully supports her party's plan to abolish Treaty, despite previously breaking ranks as the only state Liberal MP to back the Voice to Par...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 20, 2025
Treaty marks new chapter for First Peoples and Victoria

Australia's first Treaty marks the beginning of a new chapter in Victoria's history - and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for true progress.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 31, 2025
Victoria makes history with passage of Australia's first Treaty bill

Victoria's historic Treaty bill has passed the state's upper house, paving the way for it to be formally signed before the end of the year and marking the first such agreement to be signed in Australi...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 30, 2025
Treaty is a transformational step to reset the relationship between Blak and White Australia

Victoria's upcoming Treaty is a transformational step that will "reset the relationship between Blak and White Australia", according to Ngarra Murray, Co-Chair of the First Peoples' Assembly.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 28, 2025
First Peoples urged to stay safe during Treaty debate amid rising demand for Indigenous crisis support

As Victoria's historic Statewide Treaty Bill heads to the upper house this week, the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria is urging communities to take care amid concerns about misinformation, racism...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 28, 2025
Victorian Treaty sparks renewed culture wars and wave of misinformation

When the Co-Chairs of the First Peoples' Assembly, Rueben Berg and Ngarra Murray, walked across the well-worn carpet of Victoria's Legislative Assembly this week to speak on Treaty, they did so facing...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 18, 2025
Victorian Opposition’s plan to repeal Treaty branded 'deeply hurtful and disrespectful'

The Victorian Opposition's pledge to repeal Treaty legislation if it wins government has been condemned as "deeply hurtful and disrespectful" by the state's peak body for Indigenous-controlled health...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 15, 2025
Victorian Opposition vows to scrap Treaty within 100 days if elected

The Victorian Liberals have pledged to repeal the state's historic Treaty legislation within 100 days if they win government in 2026. Introduced last month, the bill has been described as a proud and...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 14, 2025
Victoria’s historic Treaty bill set for debate as Assembly warns of rising racism and misinformation

Australia's first Treaty bill is expected to be debated in Victoria's lower house this week, as the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria prepares communities through a series of Aboriginal-led roundtab...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 12, 2025
Opinion: Fear of truth and treaty rouses Australia’s old ghosts in new uniforms

They say we don't have a problem with racism, yet a treaty brought Nazis out in plain sight. There it is—the national paradox. We are told that racism is a phantom, a thing of the past, best for...

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Jesse J. Fleay Sep 11, 2025
Victorian Treaty bill hailed as historic while Coalition warns of 'unanswered questions'

Despite broad support among Victorian Traditional Owners, the Opposition's shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, Kerrynne Liddle, says there are "many unanswered questions with respect to Treaty...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 9, 2025
Victorian Treaty bill hailed as a once-in-a-century milestone

The introduction of a Treaty bill into the Victorian Parliament has been welcomed as a proud and historic moment, with Traditional Owners describing it as a practical mechanism that will allow First P...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 9, 2025
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