Call for NAIDOC Week public holiday in Vic

Assembly co-chair Marcus Stewart is calling for a public holiday to mark NAIDOC Week's significance. (AAP)

Indigenous leaders are calling for Victoria to make room on its packed public holiday calender to formally mark NAIDOC Week.

As 2022 NAIDOC Week draws to a close, the democratically elected First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria has started a petition to create a NAIDOC Day public holiday.