Indigenous Queenslanders in ‘double mourning’ as state’s pathway to treaty loses bipartisan support

Liberal National party withdraws support for treaty days after Queensland overwhelmingly votes to reject voice to parliament

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Indigenous Queenslanders are in “double mourning” after the state’s pathway to treaty lost bipartisan support in the same week that it voted overwhelmingly against the voice, a community leader has said.

The Bindal elder and Indigenous activist Gracelyn Smallwood said the Liberal National party’s decision to abandon support for a treaty was “the biggest disappointment”.

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