Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly reveals proposed treaty-backed powers to create new institution

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Under Australia's looming first formal treaty agreement, Victoria's elected Aboriginal body will be given powers to create new institutions.  The First Peoples' Assembly says it plans to create a new education facility to boost the skills of Aboriginal people across the state.

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00:00Victoria's First Peoples Assembly has announced it expects to establish a new First Peoples

00:07Training Institute through Victoria's incoming state treaty.

00:12Victoria is Australia's most progressed jurisdiction on treaty.

00:16It's expected the first statewide treaty with Aboriginal people will be signed before the

00:20end of the year.

00:22And this detail that the First Peoples Assembly, which is an elected Aboriginal body who's

00:27been representing Aboriginal views in the negotiations of treaty in Victoria, is expecting to be

00:33given powers to create its own institutes, like the proposed First Peoples Institute.

00:39The First Peoples Institute will be a way that we as First Peoples can make sure we're building

00:44on the existing skills and capability of our community to fill all the key leadership roles

00:48that are going to exist in the treaty era.

00:50As well, we know under the upcoming treaty that the First Peoples Assembly will be made

00:55permanent.

00:56We will be given additional powers as well, but the full details of the treaty and the

01:01cost remain confidential.

01:04While we understand that the agreement is in the final stages of being prepared, it's expected

01:09in the coming weeks a bill will be introduced to Parliament, which will pave the way for the

01:13legislative changes required for the upcoming treaty.

01:17Treaty is now opposed by the Victorian Liberals in Victoria, but the Labor Government is pushing

01:22ahead.

01:23And we will be sure to get more information on the true details of this proposal in the weeks

01:28to come.

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