00:00The ABC can reveal, under Australia's first formal treaty agreement, the Victorian elected
00:09Aboriginal body will be given powers to establish their own educational institute.
00:15The institute will be called the First Nations Institute.
00:19Gunditjmara Elder Uncle Alan Brown has said that the proposed First Nations Institute
00:26will provide new opportunities for Aboriginal communities across Victoria.
00:30Here's a little of what he's had to say.
00:33I think there are opportunities for Aboriginal people in other areas of the educational system,
00:39but this is important because it becomes our own and it shouldn't be feared.
00:43It should be one which is embraced.
00:45So think of the institute not as a university, not as a school, but as a specialised training provider.
00:53It will be built in the decades to come, carefully curated to close the gap.
00:58Now we do know that it is being designed to boost the workforce for Victorian Aboriginal communities.
01:05Now the bill to legislate Victoria's leading treaty agreement is now in the final stages of drafting
01:12and is expected to be in front of Parliament in the coming weeks.
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