Ngarra Murray

This nation-leading bill and the treaty process as a whole shows what we can achieve when we listen to First Peoples and work together for better outcomes.

It honours and affirms the special connection the First Peoples have to country, this place now known as Victoria, which we all call home.

It reckons with the wrongs of the past and sets a new course, guided by truth to a better future.

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Hello, Nagara, Murray, Wambawamba, Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, and Dilaroa woman, and elected co-chair of the First People's Assembly.

Yeah, I'm feeling good.

Historic day for all of us with the introduction of the Statewide Treaty Bill in the Parliament.

It was a day of emotions and pride and reflection.

Treaty will be a source of pride for all Victorians, representative of a proudly diverse and multicultural state which values its history and all of its people.

Because this is not about taking anything away from anyone.

It's about practical changes to do things better together.

I am proud to support this next step in treaty.

I am proud that together we are improving people's lives and giving everyone a better future.

I commend the bill to the House.

We're just really excited to be in this position in Victoria and it's been a lot of hard work over the last six years in particular, but nearly a decade of preparatory work.

And yeah, we're in a really strong position as we work towards the very first treaty of this country.

For us, the treaty will really be about the relationships and the resetting of those relationships between First Peoples and the state.

As Ruben said, there'll be many treaties.

We've got the hybrid approach of the statewide treaty covers all the statewide matters and addresses the

our affairs within health and housing, education and justice, sports.