The Liberal National party’s David Crisafulli has ruled out ‘compensation, reparations, sovereignty, right of veto’, described as key components of a treaty
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The Queensland LNP leader, David Crisafulli, has been accused of bowing to the “far right” of his party by ruling out support for what a veteran activist says are four critical elements of the state’s Indigenous treaty.
Though it opposes the federal voice to parliament, the state Liberal National party unanimously voted in May to establish a truth-telling inquiry and First Nations Treaty Institute, passing legislation designed to begin the treaty process.
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