Statewide Treaty Act

*Statewide Treaty Act 2025*
Statewide Treaty Act 2025
Parliament of Victoria
	Long title A Bill for an Act to establish a First Peoples' representative and deliberative body named Gellung Warl, to amend the Advancing the Treaty Process with Aboriginal Victorians Act 2018 and the Treaty Authority and Other Treaty Elements Act 2022, to consequentially amend other Acts and for other purposes. ;
Citation	Statewide Treaty Act 2025 (VIC) (No. 45 of 2025)
Territorial extent	Victoria
Passed by	Legislative Assembly
Passed	16 October 2025
Passed by	Legislative Council
Passed	30 October 2025
Assented to by	Governor Margaret Gardner
Assented to	13 November 2025
Commenced	14 November 2025 (s. 1–8, 190–200, 229); 1 May 2026 (rest of act);
Administered by	Department of Premier and Cabinet
Legislative history
First chamber: Legislative Assembly
Bill title	Statewide Treaty Bill 2025
Introduced by	Jacinta Allan
First reading	9 September 2025
Second reading	14–16 October 2025 (debated)
Voting summary	54 voted for; 27 voted against; 7 absent;
Third reading	16 October 2025
Voting summary	54 voted for; 27 voted against; 7 absent;
Second chamber: Legislative Council
Bill title	Statewide Treaty Bill 2025
Received from the Legislative Assembly	16 October 2025
Member(s) in charge	Lizzie Blandthorn
First reading	16 October 2025
Second reading	28 October 2025 (debated)
Voting summary	22 voted for; 17 voted against; 1 absent;
Committee of the whole	30 October 2025
Third reading	30 October 2025
Voting summary	21 voted for; 16 voted against; 3 absent;
Final stages
Finally passed both chambers	30 October 2025
Amends
	Treaty Authority and Other Treaty Elements Act 2022; Advancing the Treaty Process with Aboriginal Victorians Act 2018; Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006; Aboriginal Lands Act 1970; Audit Act 1994; Freedom of Information Act 1982; Health Records Act 2001; Heritage Act 2017; Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2011; Integrity Oversight Victoria Act 2011; Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984; Land Tax Act 2005; Ombudsman Act 1973; Payroll Tax Act 2007; Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014; Public Administration Act 2004; Public Interest Disclosure Act 2012; Public Records Act 1973; Subordinate Legislation Act 1994;
Keywords
	Indigenous rights in Australia, Indigenous treaties in Australia
	Status: Not fully in force

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The Statewide Treaty Act 2025 is an act of parliament in the Australian state of Victoria which aims to legislate the Statewide Treaty (often referred to as the Treaty for Victoria) with Victoria's Indigenous peoples. The legislation enacts the first treaty with Indigenous peoples anywhere in Australia.

The treaty is a binding agreement between the state of Victoria and the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria. Signed on 13 November 2025, it is the first treaty negotiated between an Australian government and First Peoples. The agreement establishes a permanent First Peoples' Representative Body known as Gellung Warl and sets the framework for future local treaties with Traditional Owners.

The Statewide Treaty Act received royal assent on the same day the treaty was signed on 13 November 2025 by representatives of the State of Victoria and the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria.