Jacinta Allan warns against ‘American-style division’ as Indigenous treaty negotiations begin in Victoria

Jacinta Allan said Victorians “deserve the information and the facts around how treaty is being negotiated”. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, has warned against “American-style division” surrounding the state’s nation-leading Indigenous treaty, ahead of negotiations beginning this month.

The First Peoples’ Assembly – Victoria’s democratically elected Indigenous body – will begin negotiating a statewide treaty with the Allan government in the coming weeks.