How Victoria’s treaty heralds a new era of politics
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The episode discusses the implications of Victoria's First Nations treaty body elections and the potential impact of the upcoming state election.
After about a decade of work, voting has closed for Victoria’s First Nations treaty body, and next month those elected will form a new-look First Peoples’ Assembly called Gellung Warl. But a state election in November could undo it all, as the Victorian Liberal party promises to dismantle the process. Indigenous affairs reporter Douglas Smith speaks to Reged Ahmad about this pivotal moment in the pathway to treaty, and if national truth-telling will come along with it
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