"Decisions made in this parliament over its long history have long denied the First Peoples of its lands, their rights and their self-determination. Today, this parliament becomes a place of reckoning, and that reckoning has meaning for all of us who call Victoria home."
#Victoria’s parliament’s apology to its First Peoples is well worth a listen:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-09/government-apology-to-aboriginal-victorians-after-treaty/106116798

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Victorian government to make historic apology to Aboriginal Victorians following signing of treaty

The Victorian government is set to make a historic apology to Aboriginal Victorians today, in one of the first public acts to follow the signing of the state's treaty agreement.

ABC News
let’s not waste words on the wreckers who made this into a partisan issue - let’s just each do what we can to keep them out of power long enough to ensure #treaty is well cemented into the Victorian political and cultural constitutions
@slevelt Hear hear. Have shown themselves to be undeserving of power.
@timrichards @slevelt typical of the liberal and national parties voting against it, but it should not have needed a vote to happen!