Path to Treaty
The voice failed because the 70% majority voted it out. Miles is just not listening to what the people want and the CM poll is currently at 93% against a treaty. The petition for a NO path to treaty has 6000 signatures and the YES 2300 – similar to the Voice vote. Put your ego away and do your job by representing the people of Queensland in a manner that addresses the issues that REALLY matter.
Hayden Johnson – great article.
Steven Miles will push ahead with the politically charged Path to Treaty after the government earlier softened its commitment in the wake of the Voice referendum defeat.
Premier Steven Miles will push ahead with the politically charged Path to Treaty after the state government earlier softened its commitment in the wake of the Voice referendum defeat.
Mr Miles, from Labor’s Left faction, will forge ahead to progress Queensland’s landmark Path to Treaty program ahead of the next election despite concern the issue could hurt Labor.
The Premier reappointed Leeanne Enoch as Treaty Minister last month in his first ministry.
Mr Miles said the new government’s work on delivering treaty would continue amid a threat it would be axed if the LNP wins power in October.
“My government remains committed to continuing on a Path To Treaty, as legislated by parliament,” he said.
A petition to the parliament calling for the repeal of Queensland’s Path to Treaty Act has more than 6000 signatures.
It notes the “emphatic” No vote recorded in Queensland to the Voice Referendum in October and claims the government does not have the mandate of the people to legislate Treaty.
The petition prompted an alternative one in support to be set up, which now has almost 2300 signatures.
It argues the process “will enrich all Queenslanders’ sense of place and identity, particularly future generations”.
“The process of Truth, Healing and Treaty provides a unifying opportunity to build a better, fairer and stronger Queensland, upholding the dignity and the respect due to the world’s oldest continuous cultures, languages and knowledge,” the petition notes.
The LNP withdrew its support for Path to Treaty in October just days after Queensland helped deliver a heavy defeat in the Voice referendum.
It sparked a bizarre day in which the future of the reforms were cast into doubt when then premier Annastacia Palaszczuk appeared to walk back the government’s commitment.
She later told a hastily-arranged caucus meeting the government’s stance on Treaty had not changed.
The Interim Truth and Treaty body, independent of the government, started holding sessions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous community members last month to “develop an understanding of how local and regional truth-telling can be enabled”.
