Victoria's premier will not rule out the possibility of backing a proposal to exclude Aboriginal people from paying land tax as part of upcoming treaty negotiations.
READ MORE:Aboriginal people will be exempt from paying land tax, interest on loans and university fees under a proposal being considered by Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan as part of upcoming treaty negotiations.
Premier Jacinta Allan was responding to comments from prominent Aboriginal Elder Aunty Jill Gallagher who argued Indigenous people should get ten new benefits Indigenous senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who campaigned against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, has described the proposals as 'outlandish and insulting' , saying they will create further division.
'We do not discriminate on the basis of race in our tax system and have non-Indigenous Australians essentially pick up the tab.' Wherever we are, we are on Aboriginal land. Land on which sovereignty has never been ceded. I pay my respect to Elders past and present. And all people joining us today.I am the CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation or VACCHO – and the former Treaty Advancement Commissioner.
I wanted to touch on some of that history to paint a bit of a picture of the fierce strength and resilience of our Elders and ancestors that has paved the way for us to be here where we are today.The changes could enhance Community rights, services, healthcare, education and amplify the advocacy the voices of us all.
Our people knew how to use the environment for our survival, they knew medicines, our fire-farming and fish farming methods, we knew how to look after the land so that it looks after us.And through relics like the Aboriginal stone tools dating back to the last Ice Age found at Cloggs Cave near Buchan on GunaiKurnai lands.
The 1967 referendum where 90.7% of Australians vote YES to count Indigenous Australians in the census.Shortly after in 1973 the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service was established so that our people could get access to basic health services.In 2010 Victoria got the Traditional Owner Settlement Act. First and foremost, I want to see TO’s fully resourced to bring back and maintain our languages and our cultures at a local level.
If there’s one thing that frustrates me more than anything else – it’s the lack of visibility of Aboriginal cultures in this state, and in this country and in the world.When I come back to Australia, I see my culture booed on the footy field and ridiculed in the media. When looking at these fires I felt tremendous strength because I knew I was surrounded by my culture and my people.I see strong leaders, representing Deadly Mobs from across the state, united in pride.
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