July Update

Hey friends,

We reckon every week should be NAIDOC Week!

You know we’re always ready to celebrate Community’s excellence, resilience and resistance. That’s why we’re keeping the excitement going with Treaty Day Out set to return in 2022, and heaps more opportunities to get involved and have your say on the Treaty journey.

As well as drive positive structural change, Treaty will help put our culture front and centre — and that’s something we’re keen to celebrate along the way.

Treaty Day Out will return in 2022

Back in February we held the deadliest of deadly music festivals – Treaty Day Out: Shepparton.

Now we’re getting ready to do it all over again later this year!

We have some exciting announcements in the works and we don’t want you to miss out. Sign up to our mailing list below to make sure you’re one of the first to get the news about the date, location and acts.

Sign up here

Calls to create a "NAIDOC Day" public holiday

We’ve been blown away by the response to our calls for the creation of a "NAIDOC Day" public holiday – thousands of people have signed our petition and it’s generated heaps of media coverage.

It’s clear that people are keen to see our culture and history be better acknowledged, respected and celebrated in our society. This is something that we’re hoping Treaty will help deliver along with structural reforms to improve the lives of our people.

Sign our petition here

Our Treaty Youth Forum is coming to Bendigo!

We need our young ones to help lead our journey towards Treaty for Victoria. So if you live in the North West and are aged between 15 to 25, join us for our free Treaty Youth Forum on Thursday 25 August and tell us your ideas and aspirations!

There will be door prizes, a Treaty Yarning Circle, an Indigenous Hip Hop Program and more.

Register here

Meet Travis Morgan, Member for the North East

We’d like to warmly introduce Travis Morgan, proud Yorta Yorta and Wemba Wemba man and newest Assembly Member for the North East.

Travis grew up within the strong Aboriginal community of Echuca, and was elected to the Assembly during our recent North East by-election. He is proud to represent his community on the journey to Treaty.

"Treaty for me is about having choice. It’s about having self determination and power to make the decision for my kids to be able to make the decision on who they want to be and being able to not be held back by the systems that have been in play for decades." — Travis Morgan

Check out Travis’s inaugural speech and Member profile below.

View profile

Additional Pathway to Recognition

Earlier this year, the Assembly created a new pathway for Traditional Owner groups to apply for a reserved seat on the Assembly.

This pathway is an important step in making sure that everyone’s voice is heard and that our cultural ways of doing business are front and centre. It’s up to mob to decide who mob is  — not government.

If your Traditional Owner group is interested in applying for a reserved seat on the Assembly, find out more below.

Read more

Walk with us!

Treaty is about having the freedom and power to make the decisions that affect us and our community – and that starts now.

If you haven’t already, make sure you’re enrolled with the Assembly to have your voice heard and help decide the next steps on the journey to Treaty.

Thanks for being a part of our shared journey towards Treaty here in Victoria!

Cheers,

Amy Rust | Proud Kokatha woman  | Head of Engagement & Communications