What’s in Victoria’s Plan to Embed an ‘Indigenous Assembly’ in Parliament?

Details are scarce but the new Voice will resemble the federal version rejected in 2023.

A woman walks past posters advocating for an Aboriginal voice and treaty ahead of an upcoming referendum in Melbourne, Australia on Aug. 30, 2023. William West/AFP via Getty Images

While the federal push to alter Australia’s Constitution failed, states are going it alone with their own version of an Indigenous “Voice,” bypassing the need for a national referendum.

The Victorian Labor government will push to make the “First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria” into an official legislated body within the state’s parliament.