Lidia Thorpe (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

This country was invaded over 200 years ago, and there has never, ever in the history of this nation been an agreement with the colonisers and the First People of these lands.

An honourable senator interjecting—

You can roll your eyes at that, but that is the truth that you are in denial of, and that we need peace in this country. And the only way we are going to get peace and equality is to go down the treaty path. Treaty is about truth-telling. Treaty is about acknowledging our past roles. It's not about blame. It's not about taking your backyard. It's nothing to fear. It's about creating a new nation that we can all be a part of so that we don't have the haves and the have-nots anymore. It's about protecting each other as a community and protecting our culture, our country and our water. It's time for a treaty, and it's time to wake up.