Almost every Victorian Indigenous prisoner has enrolled to vote for body negotiating treaty

Victoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly will begin negotiating a state treaty and is also expected to be a key point of contact for the voice to parliament. Photograph: Joshua Prieto/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Almost every Victorian Indigenous prisoner has enrolled to vote for the body that will negotiate the state’s nation-first treaty negotiations.

The second iteration of the First Peoples’ Assembly will begin negotiating a landmark statewide treaty with the Andrews government later this year, once its election results are announced in the coming days.