Exclusive: Some members believe the treaty body’s formal endorsement of the voice should be revisited
“The vast majority of Aboriginal people support the voice to parliament and that’s the same in our assembly,” she said.
She said any forward step that gave Indigenous people more of a say on decisions that affected their community was worth taking. Jill Gallagher, Victoria’s former treaty advancement commissioner, said she believed the majority of Indigenous Victorians supported the assembly’s position to endorse the voice.“If the assembly wants to change its mind it should go back to a vote in the Victorian Aboriginal community or even a poll,” she said.
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