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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Adeshola Ore

FOUND: Lidia thorpe s cousins pursuing contentious victorian treaty negotiations model - What They Never Told You

The First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria inaugural meeting
The First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria inaugural meeting in 2019. Relatives of federal senator Lidia Thorpe are seeking election to the assembly. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Two cousins of federal senator Lidia Thorpe are pursuing a contentious model of representation for Victoria’s landmark treaty negotiations as they seek to be elected to the state’s First People’s Assembly.

Voting for the second term of the assembly will commence next month after nominations for the 32-seat Indigenous body closed on Monday, ahead of a treaty negotiations due to begin this year.

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