{"id":294652,"date":"2021-02-15T11:37:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T01:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=294652"},"modified":"2021-09-09T18:15:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T08:15:10","slug":"treaty-process-inches-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/02\/15\/treaty-process-inches-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Treaty Process Inches Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_240410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-240410\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190720domo8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-240410\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190720domo8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190720domo8.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190720domo8-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-240410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cherbourg Elder Aunty Ada Simpson with author and historian Dr Jackie Huggins AM in Cherbourg in 2019 &#8230; Dr Huggins is co-chair of the new Treaty Advancement Committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>February 15, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two co-chairs and members of Queensland\u2019s Treaty Advancement Committee have been announced.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the committee would continue the momentum of the Path to Treaty process, develop options and provide independent advice on how to progress treaty-making.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQueensland has achieved many great things but as part of that, we need to acknowledge the past,\u201d the Premier said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur story began more than 60,000 years ago with our First Nations Peoples. Path to Treaty is about acknowledging the past and plotting a way forward for a new future between First Nation\u2019s peoples and all Queenslanders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Treaty Advancement Committee members are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr Jackie Huggins AM<\/strong> (co-chair) &#8211; Bidjara\/Birri Gubba Juru woman, former Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia\u2019s First Peoples, and former co-hhair of the Path to Treaty Eminent Panel and Treaty Working Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mick Gooda<\/strong> (co-chair) &#8211; Ghungalu man, former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights Commission, and former co-chair of the Treaty Working Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Emeritus Professor Michael Lavarch AO<\/strong>, former Attorney-General for Australia and former co-chair of the Path to Treaty Eminent Panel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Josephine Bourne<\/strong> &#8211; a Gumulgal woman, Torres Strait Islander and former member of the Path to Treaty Eminent Panel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sallyanne Atkinson AO<\/strong>, former Lord Mayor of Brisbane, former Senior Trade Commissioner (Paris) and former Special Representative for Queensland in south-east Asia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr Huggins said she was pleased to see the commitment of the government continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to finish this business, to reconcile our past so we can as a State move forward together, all Queenslanders, in a fair and just way. I have strong hope and confidence in Queenslanders that we can do this, and that the time has come,\u201d Dr Huggins said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gooda said Treaty was a long and emotional journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Treaty Advancement Committee is independent from government in forming its advice and developing options to implement the Panel\u2019s recommendations,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to build the trust of the Queensland community and to show that we are acting to improve life in our great country for everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On August 13 last year, the State Government confirmed its commitment to progressing a Path to Treaty, and publicly released its response to the Eminent Panel and Treaty Working Group advice and recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The appointed Treaty Advancement Committee maintains a core of the Eminent Panel members, with four of the appointees having helped to lead the first step on the Path to Treaty.<\/p>\n<p>The Treaty Advancement Committee is expected to report to government on options later this year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datsip.qld.gov.au\/programs-initiatives\/tracks-treaty\/path-treaty\" target=\"_blank\">Path To Treaty<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/08\/14\/treaty-committee-to-be-set-up\/\">Treaty Committee To Be Set Up<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/02\/10\/treaty-recommendations-handed-over\/\">Treaty Recommendations Handed Over<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/11\/13\/treaty-meeting-in-cherbourg\/\">Treaty Meeting In Cherbourg<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/10\/17\/treaty-conversation-to-start\/\">Treaty Conversation To Start<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/07\/15\/qld-starts-path-to-treaty\/\">Queensland Starts Path To Treaty<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two co-chairs and members of Queensland\u2019s Treaty Advancement Committee have been announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":240410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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