Legislative changes give inquiry power to compel commissioner to appear at hearings which will set foundations for treaty talks
“[The government is] putting through an amendment in the bill this afternoon, that includes the police commissioner in that list … to make it absolutely crystal clear,” Crawford told Guardian Australia.A Queensland police service spokesperson said the force “is committed to reconciliation and is actively involved in [the] path to treaty, and will take part in the truth-telling inquiry if invited”.
“We know that governments come and go, and the last thing that First Nations leaders wanted was for a government in the future to tear it up, water it down, defund it,” Crawford said.“To think that today we’ll officially pass a bill that goes towards delivering exactly that – that’s a pretty big moment, and a pretty emotional moment for a lot of us.”
Leeanne Enoch, the first Aboriginal woman elected to the Queensland parliament, said the bill was a “history-making moment”.
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