Traditional owners and communities in rural and remote Queensland say many people missed out on attending public forums to discuss the state's Path to Treaty bill due to poor communication.
The CSSC chair, Labor MP Corrine McMillan, acknowledged people's struggle to travel to the forums, especially as many communities have been isolated due to widespread flooding.
At the 2021 census, 237,000 people in Queensland identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander — more than a quarter of Australia's total First Nations population. Fifteen people attended their recent meeting in Rockhampton, a major regional centre of 80,000 people around 650 kilometres north of Brisbane.Gangulu and Iman woman Rosemary Hoffman-Toby wants more young people involved in the treaty process.
It will visit Mount Isa on Friday, Roma on April 4, Cunnamulla on April 5 and Charleville on April 6.
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