With the Voice referendum now rejected, many Aboriginal rights groups will be looking to the states for treaty deals. New South Wales is the only state which has not yet begun negotiating a treaty, but the government has promised to start.
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00:00 Still absorbing the blow of Saturday's referendum, many Indigenous Australians will be wondering
00:07 what's next for reconciliation.
00:09 I want to say that there's no easy answers when it comes to next steps.
00:13 I don't have easy answers.
00:15 Almost 60% of New South Wales voters said no to a voice to Parliament.
00:20 Key Yes campaigners are observing seven days of silence, donning black tiles on social
00:26 media.
00:27 When they're ready to talk, the Premier says he wants a treaty with his Indigenous population.
00:33 That was a commitment and of course we'll stick with it.
00:35 The Means Government made treaty an election promise and committed $5 million in last month's
00:41 budget.
00:42 A treaty in New South Wales would require a treaty with 150 different nations in this
00:47 state so it's not a straightforward process.
00:50 The Noongar Agreement in WA is considered the country's first treaty.
00:55 It placed land and money in trust for native title holders to manage.
01:01 What you commonly find in treaties is you do find issues relating to land, waters, you
01:05 also find cultural heritage protection and sometimes you do find references to reparations
01:10 whereby there's compensation for past wrongs.
01:13 The question for the Means Government will be whether it has the support to pursue a
01:18 treaty given the result of the referendum.
01:20 But the government and experts say a voice and a treaty are two very different things.
01:27 The voice was about putting something in the national constitution via a referendum.
01:31 A treaty is about a negotiated settlement.
01:33 A negotiation many Indigenous Australians are still hoping to make.
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