the Victoria State Government has tabled a ‘Treaty Bill’ in parliament following years of negotiation and institution building with the First People’s of the state as I discuss with Dr Jeremie Bracka, lecturer in law, RMIT Universaity, Melbourne, a human rights lawyer who researches ‘transitional justice’ experiences as responses to historical injustices. building on its establishment of a ‘first nations’ elected assembly, and the extensive work of unprecentedly empowered, indigenous led truth telling body, the Yoorook Justice Commission, that was intended to shape the path to treaty, Jeremie discusses their unique characteristics as well as the key provisions of the treaty bill, which he hopes will prove a model and test case for other states as well as a turning point in Governments ability to listen and consult with its indigenous citizens in the wake of the failure of the Uluru ‘voice’ referendum.
