Australia's relationship with its Indigenous peoples 'should have been fixed 230 years ago'

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As Victoria and the Northern Territory take steps towards a treaty process, Indigenous leader Mick Dodson has discussed what he believes it would mean for Australia at a human rights event in Sydney.

Mr Dodson, along with fellow Indigenous panel members lawyer Teela Reid and author and academic Helen Milroy, advocated a"get out of the way" approach to let Indigenous people handle their own affairs."The colonial project ambition was to destroy us as a people ... to obliterate us," Mr Dodson said."They invaded the place, they did not seek consent ... They dispossessed people, there was murder, rape, and pillaging.

The treaty process has faced hostility along the way, with some in Coalition ranks opposing the Victorian movement previously. "Our point of view ... is that a national process is far better," then-Liberal leader Matthew Guy told the ABC, saying a number of Indigenous nations in Victoria are not bound by state lines.'Historic moment': Queensland Indigenous treaty plan outlined

"A treaty with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and constitutional recognition of the First Nation people's voice in national affairs would be historic steps," she said.

 

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