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Treaty leaders are elected

Gannawarra Times

TWENTY-two leaders have been elected to represent Indigenous Victorians in long-awaited treaty negotiations with the State Government.

Treaty election results have been tallied for the next iteration of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, a democratic body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Rodney Carter (Dja Dja Wurrung), Jacinta Chaplin (Wadi Wadi, Wamba Wamba) and Jason Kelly (Wamba Wamba, Mutthi Mutthi) were elected in the North West region.

Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service chief executive Nerita Waight, former Department of Premier and Cabinet staffer Barry Firebrace-Briggs and Alister Thorpe – a cousin of independent senator Lidia Thorpe – were among 10 people elected to represent the metro region.

Three candidates were picked for each of the other four regions across the state.

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