Tim Richards<p>This is very good, seems to have been thoroughly thought through.</p><p>When you think of it, loads of privileged groups have access to government via power, money or connections. This new body is just trying to level things up by giving First Nations people access too.</p><p>'The centrepiece of Victoria’s treaty with its First Peoples, a representative body created as an “enduring part of the democratic landscape of Victoria”, will be future-proofed against a change in government with an ongoing, special appropriation cemented into the state budget.</p><p>'The new organisation will be known as Gellung Warl – a Gunaikurnai phrase for “tip of the spear” – and incorporate the existing First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, a permanent truth-telling body and an accountability commission that can conduct inquiries into the performance of government ministers, agencies and programs.'</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/vicpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vicpol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/springst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springst</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/tip-of-the-spear-how-things-will-change-under-treaty-20250827-p5mqdy.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/politics/victori</span><span class="invisible">a/tip-of-the-spear-how-things-will-change-under-treaty-20250827-p5mqdy.html</span></a></p>