Cheers, applause and the unfurling of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags greeted politicians after Australia's first Treaty Bill was passed without amendment in State Parliament last week.
The historic Treaty legislation was passed in the upper house on Thursday, just two weeks after gaining lower house approval.

Local Indigenous leaders have held differing views of how Treaty will impact West Gippsland.
Gunaikurnai elected repsentative Troy McDonald described it as a well-thought out political Treaty which had been in the works since 2015.
"It's nothing like the Voice, it doesn't replicate that," Mr McDonald said. "This is a political Treaty, not a back aisle process to set up a government agency."
Involved in the First Peoples' Assembly since 2019 and Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation since 2017, Mr McDonald said he and a trio of other Gippsland representatives had spoken with hundreds - if not thousands - of people during the Treaty process.
In terms of practical outcomes, Mr McDonald said the initial focus was "high level strategies to support major system reform rather than anything that will realise an immediate sound benefit on the ground. This is intergenerational work."
He said local Treaty work was expected to follow which could pinpoint specific community priorities "but that's not ready to proceed. We're a fair way off that."
However, local elder Aunty Cheryl Drayton alleged only a small minority of Aboriginal people supported a Treaty and openly criticised the process. She, along with other elders, wrote to Premier Jacinta Allan to request the Kurnai term "Gellung Warl" - selected as the name for the First Peoples' Assembly - be immediately removed.
Aunty Cheryl had instead called for a local approach and partnerships to close the gap in healthcare and education as well as work to guide local families to link with and build their identities.
"Most people want good for Aboriginal people," she said. "They go voting and having it in there for our sake, but our mob aren't ready for it."
The State Government, after negotiations and reaching in-principle agreement with the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria, introduced the Treaty Bill to parliament in September.
"Treaty makes sense because it gives Aboriginal people a say in how their services are run," Premier Jacinta Allen said. "It's that simple."
The landmark legislation is expected to be signed in the coming weeks and commence through a ceremonial exchange between the State Government and First Peoples' Assembly at a public event at Federation Square on Friday, December 12.
Member for Narracan Wayne Farnham previously voted against the Treaty Bill, stating he had consulted with local Indigenous elders and claiming the State Government was "using Treaty as a deflection tool".
He read out the letter from elders to Ms Allan which called out a harmful "serious breach of cultural protocol and disregard for the sovereignty of our language and traditions" by using term Gellung Warl.
The Opposition declared, if elected next year, it would introduce legislation to repeal the Treaty arrangements.