It’s time for a treaty
In his Crosslight magazine column, Senior Social Justice Advocate Mark Zirnsak says that a treaty with our First Nations people will help to address past injustice.
In his Crosslight magazine column, Senior Social Justice Advocate Mark Zirnsak says that a treaty with our First Nations people will help to address past injustice.
The Uniting Church has welcomed Victoria’s landmark step towards negotiating a treaty with the First Peoples and urged that the process continue.
The Uniting Church in Australia stands with the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress and all First Peoples.
GARTH JONES On Wednesday, 9 November, more than 300 people packed Wesley Uniting Church for the Victorian Council of Churches’ Christian Perspectives on Treaty, Sovereignty and Constitutional Recognition forum.
In 2015, the 14th Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia agreed to support Constitutional Recognition as “… a step towards and not a blockage to the larger issues of sovereignty and treaty”.
SEMISI KAILAHI The Yolŋu people of Arnhem Land have begun a new push for a treaty with the federal government that recognises their sovereignty.