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New Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation appointments announced
The federal government has announced five new appointments to the Indigenous Lan...
Dechlan Brennan 1 Jun 2026
Indigenous policy 'frozen in time' as election campaign heats up
With the federal election just weeks away, Indigenous mental health experts are...
Keira Jenkins 11 Apr 2025
Exclusive: Price's comments on Treaty labelled "grossly inaccurate"
Comments from Jacinta Nampijinpa Price that Treaty is "turning into just a rent-...
Dechlan Brennan 10 Apr 2025
Lack of Coalition policies for Indigenous Australians becomes stark as election nears
Policies focusing on improving the lives of Indigenous people across the country...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Apr 2025
First Peoples' Assembly releases annual report
The First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria released their annual report this week,...
Dechlan Brennan 3 Nov 2023
"Hope is such a powerful medicine": Yes campaigners highlight benefits of Voice

The Yes campaign used an event in Melbourne on Thursday to urge people that a Yes vote would be a decision that would help bring all Australians together.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 13, 2023
Indigenous leaders keep faith amid slide in Voice polls

Indigenous leaders are confident Australians will change their tune on a voice to parliament, despite fresh polling indicating the 'yes' campaign is in peril.

Key 'Yes' campaigner calls Dutton's second referendum promise a "cruel game" against Voice

Uluru Dialogue representative and former First People's Assembly of Victoria co-chair Marcus Stewart has slammed opposition leader Peter Dutton for "playing a cruel game" with his proposal for a secon...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 9, 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
Contest brews over sport versus politics for Voice vote

Sport and politics are colliding ahead of the Indigenous Voice referendum as politicians bicker about who should take part in the national debate.

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
Western Australian launch of Yes campaign for Voice sparks debate

The Western Australian 'yes' campaign for the Voice kicked off on Thursday evening in Boorloo (Perth) as Aboriginal leaders concurred it was "long time coming" while some audience members voiced their...

Emma Ruben Emma Ruben Feb 24, 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 Nations leaders enter halls of parliament to urge unity on Victorian Treaty

Co-chairs of the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria have urged all parliamentarians to support the establishment of an independent umpire that will oversee Treaty negotiations.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 22, 2022
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
Independent body to oversee historic Victorian Treaty deal

The First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria has voted on Friday to adopt Treaty authority principles to take into negotiations with the state government.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 2, 2022
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