In 2023 Jess Wilson was the only Victorian Liberal MP to back a Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Now she's promising legislation to repeal Victoria's version within 100 days.
August 2023 · Member for Kew
While her party campaigned for No, Wilson was the only Victorian Liberal MP to publicly support the Voice to Parliament.
The Age, 12 Aug 2023 — “The sole Victorian Liberal MP publicly backing the Voice”
November 2025 · Opposition Leader
“I oppose the Treaty … It really creates a parallel, or a separate system of governments in this state.”
Her election plan lists it as a first-100-days job: “Introduce legislation to repeal Labor’s divisive treaty to save $1 billion over a decade.”
3AW, via National Indigenous Times, 20 Nov 2025 · ourplan.au/100days
The centre of Victoria’s Treaty is Gellung Warl, an elected First Peoples body that advises government. That is very close to what the Voice would have been.
| The Voice (2023) she backed it | Gellung Warl (Treaty, 2025) she'd repeal it | |
|---|---|---|
| Who’s on it | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives, chosen by their communities | Members of the First Peoples’ Assembly, elected by Aboriginal Victorians |
| What it does | Makes representations to Parliament and government | Advises government on laws and policies affecting First Peoples |
| Can it veto laws? | No | No |
| Who watches it | Parliament sets its makeup and powers | The Auditor-General, IBAC and the Ombudsman, like any public body |
In 2023 she backed a body like this. In 2025 she called one “a separate system of governments”.
The Treaty passed Parliament in October 2025, Australia’s first with First Peoples. Gellung Warl came into operation on 1 May 2026.
The Coalition’s how-to-vote cards will put One Nation above Labor in most seats.
Wilson says there’s no formal deal, and that Labor, the Greens and the Victorian Socialists “will be at the bottom of the ticket”. One Nation’s placement is decided seat by seat: “Every seat will be determined based off the due diligence we do on candidates.”
A how-to-vote card is only a suggestion. You number the boxes in whatever order you choose.
AAP, 10 Nov 2026
Two more first-100-days jobs: bring back gas appliances, and scrap the transmission line built to carry renewable power.
Their plan · first 100 days
“Reverse Labor’s gas appliance bans and invite gas producers to propose conventional gas exploration opportunities.”
“Scrap VNI West and begin the review of the state’s transmission plan.”
VNI West is a $7.6 billion line linking Victoria’s grid to NSW. The Coalition expects gas to supply most of the backup power instead. Energy experts quoted by the ABC, including the Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood, warned about gas shortages and cost. The ABC reported that cancelling the line could leave taxpayers liable for payments to Spanish firm Iberdrola.
ourplan.au/100days · ABC News, 23 Aug 2026
Medical Journal of Australia · 2018
Researchers estimated that about 12% of childhood asthma in Australia is linked to gas cooktops. That’s roughly one case in eight.
The pollutants come from burning gas indoors. If every gas kitchen had an efficient rangehood venting outside, the estimate drops to about 3%.
Knibbs et al., Med J Aust 2018; 208(7): 299–302
Who wins? Gas producers get new exploration. Families get bigger bills, and more kids breathe fumes linked to asthma.
Election day is Saturday 28 November. The VEC lists early voting centres and times.
Find where to vote →Volunteers are doorknocking Liberal-held seats, including Wilson’s own seat of Kew.
Get involved →What it actually sets up, from the people who negotiated it.
Treaty Victoria →