The Weekly Advertiser – Wednesday, July 6, 2022

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Stuart’s design ‘footprint’ expands CREATIVITY: Horsham graphic artist Stuart Ballinger is the artist behind the latest Nike Jordan Zion basketball shoes after the company liked an experimental artwork, left, and commissioned Ballinger to create the final design for the shoes, right. The shoes have been released across Nike from the United States to Australia and Ballinger is excited to be able to tell friends and family about the project. Full story, page 6. Picture: ABBY WALTER

Treaty energy rise BY MICHAEL SCALZO

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first-people’s assembly leader has reminded Wimmera communities diversity is strength as treaty momentum builds this NAIDOC Week.

Dylan Clarke, a Wotjobaluk leader, Barengi Gadjin Land Council chairman and First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria north-west representative, said Victoria’s Aboriginal communities were ‘following in the footsteps of giants’, as an interim Justice Commission’s report and initial treaty-process legislation passage through State Parliament’s Lower House marked a reconciliation waypost.

“Treaty in Victoria is massive. The other states have watched us lead the way in how treaty could work on a state-wide basis, while the Yoorrook Justice Commission continues to focus on truth-telling and is setting some solid foundations for treaty discussions to take place,” Mr Clarke said. “The response from Aboriginal groups in the region has been a bit mixed – but that’s great because it offers diversity. “It is a big process to get one’s head around, as well understanding the whole legislative framework for a treaty agreement. “It is going to take a lot of time

and awareness of what treaty could mean.” The Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, with powers of an Australian Royal Commission, published an interim report this week after a COVID-19interrupted truth-telling process got underway across Victoria last year. The report recommended a two-year extension of its work and publication of its final report, originally due in 2024. The Lower House passed legislation for creation of a Treaty Authority — an intended independent umpire between government and negotiating parties — last week, agreed to by the State Government and the state’s First

Peoples’ Assembly. Mr Clarke said NAIDOC Week, a national celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander peoples’ history, culture and achievements, was a ‘great’ opportunity to better understand the treaty and justice movement underway across the state. “The First Peoples’ Assembly are a collective of leaders across the state — regional party members and community elected leaders — who, through a process, understood there was a need for inquiry into truth and justice in Victoria,” he said. “There have been other inquiries into similar matters such as Indigenous incarceration rates and failing educa-

tion system; but an all-encompassing justice commission, with powers of a royal commission, could set about addressing systemic racism still relevant today. “The idea of the commission was to provide a space for healing and to begin to move towards negotiating robust agreements about larger legislative issues. “We don’t know what that could mean yet but in Victoria it is important to be educated about the landscape in this area. “Treaty is not a one-sided agreement, and it is also important mainstream Victoria understands its impact.” Continued page 3

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