Victorian Liberals to scrap statewide Treaty if elected

The Victorian Liberals will scrap Australia's first formal Treaty agreement with First Peoples' if elected.

The ABC understands the decision was made at a recent shadow cabinet meeting, with the Opposition on Tuesday committing to introduce legislation repealing Treaty in the first 100 days of a state Liberal government.

While the Opposition had already withdrawn its support for the Treaty process and said it would not support the proposed bill, it had not announced a plan to repeal the agreement once signed until today.

In a statement, the party said it did not believe Treaty was the best way to deliver better outcomes for Aboriginal Victorians and would instead establish a new government department — called First Nations Victoria — to report to Parliament and oversee progress on Clo