Co-chair says treaty will not outline specific changes to the curriculum, but is ‘more about saying this is the role that First Peoples will play’
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Victoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly wants decision-making powers over how the state’s Indigenous history is taught in schools, but says a treaty will not outline specific changes to the curriculum.
The assembly – the state’s democratically elected Indigenous body – will begin nation-first treaty talks with the Allan government in the coming days. A state-wide treaty – the first of its kind in Australia – will tackle problems affecting First Nations Victorians in an attempt to improve areas such as health and education.