Victorian Labor to Negotiate Aboriginal Decision-Making Powers

A major focus of the negotiations is turning the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria into an ongoing representative body with governance and oversight powers.

Protesters participate in the Treaty Before Voice Invasion Day Protest in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 26, 2023. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images

The Victorian government is set to negotiate how much power an Indigenous representative body will have on Parliament.

On Jan. 13, Victorian Labor announced that it had reached an agreement with the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria (FPAV) for the first round of Treaty negotiations, two months after talks began in November 2024.