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The Coalition plans to scrap Victoria’s treaty with First Peoples if it wins the election – but is that what voters want?

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Jess Wilson, who once supported the federal Indigenous voice to parliament, has vowed to repeal Victoria’s treaty within the first 100 days of a Liberal government On a warm Saturday afternoon in the affluent suburb of Kew in Melbourne’s inner-east, three volunteers approach a stately two-storey home armed with a printed page of talking points on Australia’s first-ever treaty with Indigenous peoples.

This is one of the most expensive areas in the city, where homes are heavily secured and worth millions. The trio have already been turned away from multiple houses. But this time they are greeted by 26-year-old Paris Riebeling, the first local keen to speak with them. She opens the door to reveal a large piece of Aboriginal artwork on the wall behind her. She talks about living a privileged life in the “lucky country”.

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