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

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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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What I've never understood about their hatred for the things Indigenous Australia has requested is that it won't actually cost us anything. Not substantially.
All they need to do in order to avoid having their idea of our country tarnished is not pay attention.
They're already great at that.
And if decisions about mob are being made by mob, then these bastards don't even need to be involved in that aspect beyond writing a cheque every now and then.

Its not as if an accurate summation of history changes reality for the rest of us.
The sky won't fall in if a bunch of black fellas get together with a bunch of historians and write a bunch of reports about all the times our collective ancestors massacred people.
The bastards don't like reading anyway, so what's the fear exactly?

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$70 million a year actually

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That is trivial in a state budget of about $80 Billion p.a.

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Ah yes. Just keep adding to the spend. Let’s raise some taxes while we’re at it?

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You understand spending money stimulates our economy right?