Wurrek-al informs the portfolio’s process involved when engaging with Traditional Owners and the First Peoples Community throughout Victoria. It aligns with the portfolio’s and the Victorian Government’s commitment to self determination, enabling Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), greater visibility and decision-making for Traditional Owners and First Peoples Community regarding transport and planning projects that impact them.
The structure and process outlined in Wurrek-al is underpinned by FPIC principles – a specified right granted to Indigenous Peoples in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Wurrek-al reflects First Peoples values around culturally safe engagement, reflecting and understanding that context will determine when engagement is undertaken and at what level; how it will be undertaken and with whom.
Wurrek-al will be administered by the Department of Transport and Planning and regularly reviewed to meet the changing needs of Traditional Owners and the First Peoples Community of Victoria.
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