A treaty with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is the final part of a planned process starting with the Voice to Parliament.
Calls for a Treaty have existed for decades.As the Voice to Parliament vote grows nearer, it's easy to forget that it's part of a long process that could see the signing of a Treaty between the Commonwealth and First Nations people.
But there are examples of treaties with Indigenous peoples overseas, which do provide some insight into how one could function here. There are roughly 500 separate Aboriginal peoples in Australia, each with their own language and territory, according to Survival International.Voice to Parliament: An architect of the Uluru Statement answers key questions about the referendumThat Uluru Statement outlines a sequence of Voice-Truth-Treaty, meaning a Voice to Parliament and nation truth-telling process would precede any national Treaty agreement.
In 1840, the British Crown and a large number of Maori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which the New Zealand Justice Department says is "widely accepted to be a constitutional document that establishes and guides the relationship between" the two parties.
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