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2024

Clean energy strategy investment respects Traditional Owners as partners and rights-holders (6 December 2024)

Traditional Owner groups welcome recommended reforms for economic self-determination (27 November 2024)

Law reform to power Indigenous economic development a welcome step towards self-determination (26 November 2024)

Traditional Owner groups welcome Treaty negotiations (21 November 2024)

Traditional Owners must be at the heart of managing culturally significant native species (25 September 2024)

Victorian Government must protect and respect native dingoes, say Traditional Owner groups (7 September 2024)

Federation celebrates Wamba Wemba Aboriginal Corporation’s formal recognition (13 August 2024)

Victorian Opposition must end racist blame and get the facts straight on cultural heritage (29 July 2024)

Victorian Traditional Owner groups ready for cultural management of Country through increased IPAs (12 July 2024)

Aboriginal dispossession must wind up with VicForests (30 June 2024)

Traditional Owner groups welcome dedicated education funding as a step towards self-determination (31 May 2024)

Stolen water wealth must be returned to Traditional Owners through Murray-Darling Basin buybacks (20 May 2024)

Governments must restore and respect Traditional Owners’ authority for Budget pledges to be meaningful (15 May 2024)

Historic Bakaru Wayaparrangu agreement will redress past injustice and enable Traditional Owners’ prosperity (14 May 2024)

Victorian Government ministers must follow Yoorrook Justice Commission testimony with action (2 May 2024)

Victorian Government doesn’t fully understand self-determination, Yoorrook Justice Commission hears (17 April 2024)

Victorian Government must commit to Aboriginal-owned water title for Murray-Darling Basin (12 April 2024)

Declaration of the Southern Ocean offshore wind area does not respect Traditional Owner rights and responsibilities for Sea Country (18 March 2024)

Aboriginal Culture and Healing Flood Recovery Grant Program (6 March 2024)

Governments must commit to the work of Closing the Gap (7 February 2024)

2023

Congratulations to the new co-Chairs of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria (27 July 2023)

To Close the Gap, we need a Voice (26 July 2023)

Victorian Traditional Owners must lead the future of Victoria’s forested Country (23 May 2023)

Federation launches new Podcast Series (22 May 2023)

Victorian Traditional Owners discuss the Voice (20 April 2023)

Eastern Maar Peoples’ significant native title determination (28 March 2023)

The price of water has doubled since 2016 (28 February 2023)

Importance of Language to Wellbeing (21 January 2023)

GLaWAC joins FVTOC (01 January 2023)

2022

Galk-galk Dhelkunya ( 12 December 2022)

A major milestone achieved in the journey to Treaty (20 October 2022)

20221014 Traditional Owner voices in the Murray-Darling Basin (14 October 2022)

Water is Life (29 August 2022)

Let’s talk about Cultural Fire (06 August 2022)

Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games (02 September 2022)

Campaign Urges Victorians to Support Traditional Owners Now (31 August 2022)

Treaty Authority Bill (17 August 2022)

Enough is enough (04 August 2022)

2021

Traditional Owners call for mindfulness on Country this Christmas break (14 December 2021)

Traditional Owners joint managing State Game Reserves (7 December 2021)

Traditional Owners to help shape national protection laws (29 November 2021)

Traditional Owners want a say in Murray-Darling River Reform (11 November 2021)

Traditional Owners want to self-determine how to best protect cultural heritage (2 October 2021)

New Report Calls for Stronger Powers (04 January 2021)

Respect Traditional Owner Governance (4 August 2021)

20210608 Allocation of GL Water to Irrigators (8 June 2021)

Government has forgotten that Traditional Owners have day jobs (24 May 2021)

2020

TRUTH AN ENABLING STEP TOWARDS JUSTICE (17 July 2020)

VOICE, TRUTH, TREATY – FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL AUSTRALIANS (26 May 2020)

FEDERATION WELCOMES NEW CEO (28 February 2020)

MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE ON THE BUSHFIRE ENVIRONMENT RESPONSE (21 January 2020)

2019

RESHAPING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TRADITIONAL OWNERS( 26 November 2019)

Settlement negotiations could resolve Western Hghwy dispute (10 September 2019)

UNDERMINING ABORIGINAL GOVERNANCE (9 September 2019)

THE FEDERATION STANDS BEHIND TREATY COMMISSION (4 October 2019)

20190519 Launch of Fire Strategy (19 May 2019)

TRADITIONAL OWNERS TO LEAD NATIVE (26 February 2019)

2018

2018 Independent Expert Panel on Interim Targets – Renewable Energy Roadmap Submission

First Nations and The Federation pay tribute to Dr. Bonita Mabo AO (28 November 2018)

TRADITIONAL OWNER GROUPS CALL FOR BIPARTISAN SUPPORT ON TREATY (8 May 2018)

TLAW historic native title settlement (29 October 2018)

TRADITIONAL OWNERS TO IMPLEMENT NEW FIRE TECHNIQUES IN VICTORIA (21 August 2018)

FVTOC WELCOMES BUDGET COMMITMENT (1 May 2018)

ANZAC DAY 2018 REFLECTIONS FROM UNCLE GRAHAM ATKINSON (25 April 2018)

2017

INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED WATER THEFT (26 July 2017)

Victorian Traditional Owners Welcome an Aboriginal Procurement Policy (15 March 2017)

NATIVE TITLE ACT AMENDMENTS (2 February 2017)

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