Victoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly wants powers over schools’ Indigenous history curriculum

Rueben Berg and Ngarra Murray of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria in April. Berg says there is a ‘huge range’ of Indigenous expertise to draw on in writing the school curriculum. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Victoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly wants decision-making powers over how the state’s Indigenous history is taught in schools but says a treaty will not outline specific changes to the curriculum.

The assembly – the state’s democratically elected Indigenous body – will begin nation-first treaty talks with the Allan government in the coming days. A state-wide treaty – the first of its kind in Australia – will tackle problems affecting First Nations Victorians.