Victorian treaty talks begin, in historic first for Aboriginal people and Australian ...
For the first time, an Australian government has sat opposite a collective of Aboriginal communities in a bid to negotiate a ...
SBS5 年
What the first Aboriginal woman in Victoria’s parliament had to say on day one
it was her family who helped found the Victorian Aboriginal health service in Fitzroy in 1973. A place that became the epicenter of Aboriginal political life in Melbourne. Lidia Thorpe was in ...
SBS1 年
Victorian Aboriginal Aged Care Summit to discuss what it’s like to be an Aboriginal Elder ...
“We’ll be hearing from them (the Elders) about the changes that they have witnessed over their lives and their aspirations for the future of their communities and the quality of life that we ...
Child protection mediation hearings face axe as Victorian courts cut costs
"Conciliation Conferences were the jewel in the Children's Court crown," Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency ...
Treaty explained: Everything you need to know about an Indigenous Treaty in Victoria
Here are all your questions about an Indigenous Treaty in Victoria answered. A process of engagement between the state ...
BBC6 年
Aboriginal treaties: Australian states at 'beginning of journey'
If passed in the upper house, it will legislate a process for establishing a state Aboriginal representative body and a treaty, or treaties. The bill will also require the Victorian government to ...
Victorian Coalition steadfast in opposition to state's treaty as negotiations commence ...
The Victorian Coalition has reaffirmed its opposition to a treaty in the state amid the government commencing negotiations ...
BBC4 年
Djab Wurrung tree: Anger over sacred Aboriginal tree bulldozed for highway
In a deal last year, Aboriginal landowners negotiated with the Victorian government to save around a dozen of 250 "culturally significant" trees from destruction. However, activists independent of ...