00:00What do we want?
00:02Treaty!
00:03When do we want it?
00:05Now!
00:06Setting up camp on parliament lawns,
00:08peaceful protesters from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
00:11are in for the long haul.
00:13We demand a treaty.
00:15We are here on our land
00:17and we will not move until the Premier comes out
00:21and speaks to the people
00:23and agrees to legislate for a treaty.
00:26Moving in without a permit,
00:27they're fed up with the slow rate of progress
00:29after the state's landmark treaty report
00:31was handed in two and a half years ago.
00:34Tasmanian Aboriginal people
00:35have been waiting a long time for a treaty,
00:38an agreement which could include land return compensation
00:41or control of Aboriginal heritage.
00:44Some say it was first agreed in 1831
00:46when George Augustus Robinson
00:48met with Tasmania's first people on behalf of the government.
00:51This was never on it
00:53and our people have been reminding
00:57the white colony of this agreement
00:59until it is upheld.
01:01The government's yet to enact any of the recommendations
01:03from former Governor Kate Warner
01:05and Professor Tim McCormack's
01:06Pathway to Truth Telling and Treaty report.
01:09The government has established an Aboriginal Advisory Committee
01:13to engage with the government
01:15to seek their feedback on the path forward.
01:18That group is looking at the models in other states.
01:21However, the TAC claims it's being used by the government
01:24to slow down progress.
01:26It's put forward its own bill to kick off a treaty process.
01:29And let's see some genuine honesty
01:32from a dishonest government
01:34that keeps making promises to Aboriginal people
01:37and so far has failed to keep those promises.
01:41A government spokesperson said
01:42the Premier and Aboriginal Affairs Minister
01:44had met with members of the TAC
01:46who were on the lawns today.
01:48They also said the TAC had been invited
01:50to the Aboriginal Advisory Body's meetings
01:52but declined.
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