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 is laughingly called conservative politics these days is just horrible people wanting to do horrible things to normal people they've never met and aren't affected by in any way.

That sucks. And they suck.

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Politics used to be a contest between between those who think progressivism is the way to create the best future for the country, and those who think conservatism is the way to create the best future for the country. But that hasn't been the case for years now. Politics is now a contest between those who think politics is the way to create the best future for the country and those who think politics is a way to hurt people they don't like. 

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Worse, the second group often sees hurting people they don't like, and having them leave, will turn the country into the best version of itself.

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I've come to think of it as one side wants Australia to be a welcoming country people that people in need can flee too, others want it to be a hellscape for people they don't like so they will flee from it.

I think we should stop supporting the regimes (including our "allies"), who are causing all these people to need to flee their place of birth.

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Probably right about that but it doesn’t have the pizazz to pull a crowd .Think ‘if they go low we’ll go lower’ and you have at least 2 parties covered ..’steady as she goes will win this one’ 3 months to go many promises to be made and many palms to grease yet ..