‘We deserve better’: Indigenous truth-telling head condemns Queensland government as treaty laws face axe

Liberal National party moves to urgently repeal historic legislation, eliminating state's treaty-making body and truth-telling inquiry

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The head of Queensland's truth-telling inquiry has accused the Crisafulli government of setting relations with Indigenous people back for a very long time" as it moves to repeal the state's historic pathway to treaty legislation in its first bill since winning last month's state election.

The legislation is scheduled to be debated urgently on Thursday night, without a parliamentary inquiry, and looks certain to be the first passed by the new parliament.

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