The Federation’s submission to the consultation on the forthcoming National Statement on First Nations in Agriculture.
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There’s a $700 million gap in the Productivity Commission’s just-released productivity reform report, with no explicit mention of the value First Nations-owned businesses contribute to a competitive and attractive economy.
The Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations welcomes today’s apology by the Victorian Government to First Peoples as a significant moment in history and giant step towards true land justice. “I’m waking up today as a descendent of people whose Country, culture and language were taken by the state, and I’m feeling hope, and I’m feeling pride,” said Federation CEO Kaley Nicholson. “This apology is meaningful, it’s historic, it’s a high-water mark for reconciliation in this state, and it’s a critical step in a long road toward a better future, where we’ll see mob strong and proud, back in the driver’s seat, leading change in their communities.” Generations of Victorian children will learn the state’s colonial history after Statewide Treaty committed the Victorian Government to implementing the findings of Yoorrook Justice Commission into the school curriculum – increasing awareness of the land dispossession, massacres, deliberate destruction of language and culture for which Victorian Premier Jacinta Allen today apologised on behalf of the state. Ms Nicholson said that the apology, while deeply significant, was just the start of recognising and addressing harm, and Traditional Owners will be watching to ensure real action follows the words spoken today. “Sorry means you don’t…
Our contribution to policy thinking around a potential ban on the sale of fur in Victoria highlights how proposed policy inadvertently sidelines Traditional Owner groups’ rights and interests.
The Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations is delighted to announce the appointment of Kaley Nicholson as chief executive officer.
We’re searching for a Victorian Traditional Owner illustrator to produce some culturally relevant and accessible illustrations for the (forthcoming) Traditional Owner Workforce Development Framework.
Significant attention and resourcing must be placed on Traditional Owner Treaties as the gateway for practical change in Aboriginal lives now that Statewide Treaty has passed both houses of Victorian Parliament, says the statewide body advocating for Traditional Owner groups’ rights and interests.
The Victorian Government is locking Traditional Owner groups out of mining happening on their Country by rushing project approvals and delaying promised agreement-making and benefit-sharing legislation, says the statewide body advocating for Traditional Owner groups’ rights and interests.
The Victorian Government’s decision to defer implementation of expert recommendations to improve Traditional Owners’ governance, rights and connection to native wildlife is another unacceptable delay after years of inaction, says the statewide body advocating for Traditional Owner groups’ rights and interests.
Replacing Treaty with yet another government department that tells Aboriginal People what’s best for us is a shameful and cowardly decision from the Victorian Liberal party that will only worsen Aboriginal life outcomes, says the statewide body advocating for Traditional Owner groups’ rights and interests.
