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'Grounded in truth-telling': Victoria’s First Peoples welcome historic state apology
Indigenous people across Victoria have welcomed the state government's historic...
Dechlan Brennan 10 Dec 2025
Victorian Government to formally apologise to First Nations people
The Victorian Government has announced it will deliver a historic apology to Fir...
Dechlan Brennan 27 Nov 2025
Victorian Treaty bill passes lower house, Minister Natalie Hutchins announces retirement at next poll
Natalie Hutchins, the Victorian Minister who has spearheaded the state's Treaty...
Dechlan Brennan 16 Oct 2025
Art in Motion: Victorian Trams celebrating Aboriginal culture
Victoria's iconic trams will once again be transformed into moving works of Indi...
Dechlan Brennan 11 Jun 2025
Next generation of cultural heritage leaders showcase their skills
15 students enrolled in their Cert IV in Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management...
Dechlan Brennan 1 May 2025
Rental assistance boost for Indigenous Victorians during housing crisis

First Nations Victorians will have extra support to find or keep a private rental with further funding for the Aboriginal Private Rental Assistance Program.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 14, 2025
New members appointed to Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council

The Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council has announced the appointment of three new members who will continue the council's work in protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage across the state.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 2, 2024
Victorian liberals accused of stoking "nasty racial division" over cultural heritage management

The Victorian Premier has accused the state opposition of stoking "nasty racial division", while the the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations has labelled Liberal leader John Pesutto...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 30, 2024
"Develop and deliver practical solutions at a local level": First Peoples' Assembly argue Treaty will empower Aboriginal communities

The First Peoples' Assembly's appearance at the Yoorrook Justice Commission on Tuesday will see the co-chairs emphasise the role Treaty will play in directly empowering Aboriginal communities to "deve...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 27, 2024
Minister preparing for Treaty negotiations as Victorian government faces heat from Indigenous groups

As Victoria prepares for historic Treaty negotiations between First Nations people and the state government this year, there remains issues yet to be resolved on both sides of the table.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 24, 2024
"This is actually an every day, lived suffering": Treaty Minister questioned over delays in implementing recommendations at truth-telling hearing

The Victorian Treaty Minister has told a truth-telling hearing the state will thrive in the future if it can come to terms with the truth of the unfinished business of colonisation.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 19, 2024
Traditional Owners in Victoria encouraged to apply for open positions on Aboriginal Heritage Council

The Victorian Government has called for Traditional Owners from the state to apply for positions on the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 9, 2024
First Peoples' Assembly express disappointment at rejection of Yoorrook recommendations

The reaction to the Victorian Government's decision to implement less than 10 per cent of the recommendations made by the Yoorrook Justice Commission in full has continued, with the First Peoples' Ass...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 4, 2024
Truth and Treaty: Victoria continues progress towards reconciliation

Victoria has come a long way since the Federal Court declared in 1998 that the native title of Victoria's Yorta Yorta people had been "washed away by the tide of history." The tide has turned.

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Natalie Hutchins Mar 29, 2024
New Indigenous youth hub opens in Geelong

A new First Nations youth hub has opened in Geelong, providing a range of tailored services and supports in one place. Karroong Kanyool is a new youth hub in Norlane run by the Wathaurong Aboriginal C...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 21, 2024
New grants open for Indigenous infrastructure in Victoria

The Victorian Government has announced a new round of funding for infrastructure in Aboriginal Communities, with $11 million invested through the seventh round of the Aboriginal Community Infrastructu...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 14, 2024
Victorian Opposition abandons support for Treaty

The Victorian Opposition has abandoned their support for the previously bipartisan Treaty negotiation framework in the state. Speaking to Sky News Australia on Sunday, Nationals Leader Peter Walsh sai...

Victorian Treaty Authority members announced to oversee negotiations

The path towards Treaty negotiations in Victoria took another step forward on Tuesday with the announcement of the five inaugural members of the Treaty Authority, an independent umpire in the negotiat...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 5, 2023
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