Ensuring a fair and just Treaty process for all Victorians

The Treaty Authority oversees Treaty-making in Victoria

The Treaty Authority is the independent body that oversees Treaty-making in Victoria.

The Treaty Authority will support parties to find common ground in a safe, inclusive and flexible way, which aims to maintain ongoing and respectful relationships and promote healing.

Statewide Treaty

Statewide Treaty will be negotiated with the State of Victoria over all Country that is currently known as Victoria. The First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria has been entered onto the Negotiations Database as the First Peoples’ Representative Body for the purposes of Statewide Treaty negotiations. 

Statewide Treaty will benefit all Victorian First Peoples, including Victorian Traditional Owners and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in Victoria. In the spirit of reconciliation, Statewide Treaty will also benefit all Victorians. 

Public Notifications

Public Notifications

The Treaty Authority acknowledges First Peoples as sovereign peoples throughout the lands and waters now known as Victoria and across Australia. We pay deep respect to all Traditional Owners, their lands, waters and skies, their Elders and ancestors, languages, family and clan groups, and their Lore, Law, customs, traditions and spiritual connections.

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