Hopes for Queensland treaty with First Nations people appear doomed after LNP backflip

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says ‘effective reconciliation’ would need bipartisan support as the opposition pledges to repeal existing legislation

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Hopes of a treaty with First Nations people in Queensland appear doomed, with the opposition pledging to repeal existing legislation and the premier saying it needs bipartisan support to proceed.

Her comments came in response to a spectacular backflip by the Liberal National party leader, David Crisafulli, who on Thursday withdrew his party’s support for treaty, five months after voting for it.

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