Among them is a call for the First Peoples' Assembly — a democratically elected body of First Nations people tasked with treaty-making with the state government — to be made permanent and its powers extended to shared decision-making.
In 1886, the Aborigines Protection Act (Vic) was imposed "as a mechanism for the disappearance of Aboriginal people under the ongoing pretence of a regime of 'protection'".
>"The truth-telling report is important because it's there in black and white.
>"Undoubtedly, the result is something that is truthful, that people can rely on."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-03/yoorrook-truth-telling-commission-victoria-treaty/105486736
https://www.firstpeoplesvic.org/news/historic-truth-telling-report-demonstrates-treaty-need/
https://www.yoorrook.org.au/reports-and-recommendations/reports