Why compatibility makes Indigenous people feel safer

Victoria is on the cusp of legislating a treaty with Indigenous people.

When it's enacted, Victoria will become the first state in Australia with such an agreement. It's also noted because Australia is the only developed Commonwealth country without a treaty with its First Nations peoples.

Today, Gunditjmara elder Aunty Jill Gallagher, AO, the chief executive of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, explains what treaty is and what Victoria’s historic one will entail.

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