the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria will become a permanent statutory corporation (renamed Gellung Warl), replacing its former temporary status.

Gellung Warl will be empowered to make formal representations to Parliament, review government agencies, attend cabinet meetings, manage community infrastructure grants, advise ministers, confirm Aboriginality, organize cultural events (such as NAIDOC Week), and make statutory appointments to government boards—though it will not have veto power over legislation.

new legislation will require a Statement of Treaty Compatibility, assessing how proposed laws align with Aboriginal rights and self-determination.

school curricula from Foundation to Year 10 will include more teaching about colonisation and its effects on Aboriginal people, co-designed with Gellung Warl and based on Yoorrook Commission findings.

there will be a formal parliamentary apology, along with the increased use of Aboriginal place names for geographic features and schools.

an independent accountability mechanism — part of the treaty framework — will be created (through bodies like IBAC, the Ombudsman, and others) to monitor treaty obligations and government behaviour.

the Assembly will have decision-making power over certain matters, such as confirmation of Aboriginality, community infrastructure programs, Aboriginal Honor Roll events, collaboration on water entitlements, and leadership in truth-telling, healing, reconciliation, and archival of cultural knowledge

Victorian taxpayers will fund Gellung Warl with a budget projected at $206 million over four years, rising to $70 million annual operating budget by 2028–29, with total spending (including negotiations since 2016) expected to exceed $586 million by 2029.