FIRST PEOPLES’ ASSEMBLY OF VICTORIA: Treaty negotiations begin in Victoria!
At a ceremony today on Wurundjeri Country in Melbourne, the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria and the Victorian Government officially started the negotiation of the first Statewide Treaty.
Assembly Co-chair, Wamba Wamba, Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung and Dhudhuroa woman Ngarra Murray, said the historic event would herald an end to over 200 years of government policy causing more harm than good to Aboriginal people in Victoria.