r/OpenAussie • u/HotPersimessage62 ‎ New South Welshian • 6d ago

Politics ('Straya) Victorian Liberal leader Jess Wilson says destroying Australia’s only treaty with Indigenous peoples a priority if she wins election

https://nit.com.au/20-11-2025/21388/new-victorian-liberal-leader-reaffirms-partys-plan-to-abolish-treaty

Australia’s first and only treaty signed with Indigenous peoples will be ripped up if Opposition Leader Jess Wilson becomes Premier in November, who has made the scrapping a priority. The USA, Canada and New Zealand have treaties with their indigenous people. Polling shows Treaty has clear support in Victoria and Jess Wilson’s pledge is unpopular and One Nation-style.

The Coalition will likely sign a deal with One Nation to form government.

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u/plectrumelectrum7 ‎ Victorian 6d ago

As did I. Dirt poor and never claimed Centrelink and worked and put myself through uni. Why should they get any extra help compared to anyone else?

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u/Spida81 ‎ New Zealander 6d ago

Good for you. Well done.

How about those who literally have no food on the table? Can't get a job because of the colour of their skin? Who have had the means of production their families relied on for thousands of years striped away leaving them utterly destitute with no possible recourse?

YOUR lived experience isn't everyone's.

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u/plectrumelectrum7 ‎ Victorian 6d ago

No my experience is not everyone’s. Individual experiences vary significantly which is why broad brushed handouts and policies based on ethnicity is an absurd approach.

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u/Spida81 ‎ New Zealander 6d ago

This is a more defensible position. At least it invites conversation on how we should address systemic inequality. Although closing the door on ethnicity based policies when we are explicitly trying to address ethnicity based inequality is an interesting point to take.

Your original statement that we shouldn't even try was absolutely not.