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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Corporation welcomes inaugural CEO
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Corporation has ann...
Giovanni Torre 26 Aug 2024
Education reforms in Victoria to help enable widespread self-determination
The Victorian government has announced it will implement education reforms, co-d...
Dechlan Brennan 30 May 2024
More investment for culturally relevant vocational training in Victoria
The Victorian government has announced more culturally relevant training for Fir...
Dechlan Brennan 18 Apr 2024
Winterfold Primary, Stirling District Kindergarten acknowledged with Reconciliation Australia awards
Reconciliation Australia celebrated their night of nights with the fourth Narrag...
Jess Whaler 27 Nov 2023
Victoria’s Indigenous Vocational Education and Training community celebrated in Wurreker Awards
The winners of the annual Wurreker Awards have been announced at an event hosted...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Nov 2023
First Peoples' Assembly releases annual report

The First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria released their annual report this week, highlighting the achievements and events from the last year. The Assembly, the elected voice for Aboriginal and Torres S...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 3, 2023
Marcus Stewart, Aunty Geraldine Atkinson farewell First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria

The outgoing co-chairs of the inaugural First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria gave their farewell speeches in the Victorian Legislative Council on Wednesday, during the opening meeting of the Assembly's...

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Dechlan Brennan Jul 26, 2023
Outgoing chair of Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly has her eyes on the future

If there were concerns that Bangerang and Wiradjuri Elder Aunty Geraldine Atkinson would stand down from public life after she announced last month that she would not seek re-election as the inaugural...

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Dechlan Brennan May 8, 2023
Candidates confirmed for First People's Assembly of Victoria election

The candidates for the second term of the First People's Assembly of Victoria, the state's official 'Voice' for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, have officially been confirmed.

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Dechlan Brennan May 8, 2023
Victoria acknowledges ongoing racism and injustice, and need for Treaty, in statement to Yoorrook

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has acknowledged First Nations people continue to face racism and injustice in the state, and the need for Treaty, in a letter to the Yoorrook Justice Commission.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 28, 2023
Victorian government to raise age of criminal responsibility but fall short of expert standard

Victoria will raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12, with a view to raising it to 14 within four years, after state cabinet approved the plan on Monday afternoon.

Inaugural Victorian First Peoples’ Assembly co-chair Geraldine Atkinson passes the torch to the next generation

Bangerang and Wiradjuri Elder Aunty Geraldine Atkinson announced on Thursday she will not stand for re-election in May's First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria elections.

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Dechlan Brennan Apr 20, 2023
First People's Assembly co-chairs nominated for major leadership prize

First Peoples Assembly of Victoria co-chairs, Aunty Geraldine Atkinson and Marcus Stewart, have been jointly shortlisted for the 2022 McKinnon Emerging Political Leader of the Year.

Emma Ruben Emma Ruben Feb 22, 2023
First People’s Assembly condemns violent attack on young First Nations leader

Co-Chair of the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria, Bangerang and Wiradjuri Elder Aunty Geraldine Atkinson, has condemned the violent attack on Gunditjmara, Kirrae Whurrong and Djab Wurrung woman and...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 16, 2023
Historic step to establish Victorian Treaty authority signed off on country

A self-determined Treaty process for First Nations people in Victoria took its next step following at historic ceremonial meeting in Lorne on Gadubanud Country on Friday.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jun 11, 2022
Victorian Govt's historic step to put lore and culture first in Treaty process

Western bureaucracy will be removed from Victoria's Treaty process in favour of grounding the process in Indigenous lore and culture, in a move hailed as "decolonisation in action".

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NIT Jun 7, 2022
First Peoples' Assembly opens up for more Traditional Owner representatives

Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly has opened a new application process for Traditional Owner groups to apply for a reserved seat on the Assembly.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 3, 2022
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