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Victoria’s historic Statewide Treaty - the first Treaty with First Peoples in Australian history - has formally commenced. The First Statewide Treaty, negotiated between the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria and the State of Victoria, was signed in November 2025...

Today the Victorian Government delivered an Apology to First Peoples in Victoria for harm inflicted since colonisation.  The Apology, delivered by Premier Jacinta Allan, was a key recommendation of the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s truth-telling inquiry.   The Apology was an agreed outcome of...

The Bidwell-Maap Traditional Owner Group has been entered onto the Treaty Authority’s Negotiations Register, marking an important milestone on the path toward Treaty in Victoria. The entry indicates that Bidwell-Maap is ready to begin preparations for Traditional Owner Treaty negotiations.  Under the Treaty Negotiation Framework, the rules guiding...

The Treaty Authority welcomes the historic passage of the Statewide Treaty Bill through the Victorian Parliament, marking a transformative moment in the journey toward justice, truth-telling and self-determination for First Peoples in Victoria. The Bill will enshrine the first negotiated...

A major milestone in Victoria’s decade-long Treaty process has been achieved with the Victorian Government and First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria reaching in-principle agreement on Australia’s first Treaty. The first negotiated Statewide Treaty Agreement brings together First Peoples, through the First...

The State of Victoria and the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria have reached agreement on the State’s, and the country’s first Treaty, as the negotiated Statewide Treaty was today released.  The Treaty marks a new chapter in the relationship between First Peoples...

Negotiations for Victoria’s first Statewide Treaty are well advanced, with the Allan Labor Government and the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria entering the final stages of drafting an agreement. The Victorian Government will introduce the Statewide Treaty Bill to Parliament...

An historic truth-telling inquiry led by the Yoorrook Justice Commission has handed down its final report which includes 100 recommendations aimed at major institutional reform for First Peoples in Victoria. Established in 2021 with the powers of a royal commission,...

Victoria’s path to Treaty has taken another step forward – towards a better and fairer state for all Victorians. Later this year, the Victorian Government expects to introduce the Statewide Treaty Bill to Parliament. Negotiations on Victoria’s Statewide Treaty Bill...

As the most comprehensive truth telling inquiry winds down across Australia, I have been reflecting on two important thoughts.   Firstly, the extraordinary work of the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s role in leading this landmark inquiry with such dignity, humility and cultural...