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‘These words cannot disappear’: Victoria’s treaty with First Nations peoples signed into law

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It has been hailed as a moment centuries in the making. Today's signing of Australia's first state-wide treaty with Aboriginal people described as something once thought impossible. But for both sides signing the Victorian pact there is a recognition of more hard work that needs to be done.
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