What Labor built on Indigenous rights, the Liberals promise to scrap
Victoria's treaty process and Indigenous self-determination measures could be scrapped if the opposition wins on November 28.
Victoria has built a strong framework for Indigenous rights in Australia. A state treaty act and independent bodies guide the process.
The Liberals, Nationals and One Nation have promised to scrap all this if they win next month. They would close Gellung Warl, the First Peoples' Assembly and the Treaty Authority.
This would stop new treaty negotiations between Traditional Owners and the state. It would also halt ongoing work from the Yoorrook Justice Commission.
The Commission's truth-telling work has already ended. But its recommendations still need to be acted on.
Conservative parties around the world are weakening Indigenous rights. New Zealand removed Māori protections.
Queensland scrapped treaty initiatives after the Voice referendum failed.
- Statewide Treaty Act 2025
- Treaty framework
- 8 on Treaty Negotiations Register
- Traditional Owner groups
- November 28
- Election date
Why it mattersIndigenous people in Victoria would lose years of progress if the opposition wins. This progress is toward self-determination and recognizing historic grievances.
AustraliaIf the Liberals take government, Victorian Indigenous communities lose treaty negotiations and state-level protections stronger than anywhere else in Australia.
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