Matthew Rimmer<p>It will be interesting to see whether the New Australian Parliament will contemplate the implementation of the WIPO Treaty of Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge</p><p><a href="https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/speech/celebration-treaty-intellectual-property-genetic-resources-and-associated-traditional-knowledge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">foreignminister.gov.au/ministe</span><span class="invisible">r/penny-wong/speech/celebration-treaty-intellectual-property-genetic-resources-and-associated-traditional-knowledge</span></a></p><p>Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Penny Wong made a memorable speech about the Treaty last year: 'Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have been innovators, inventors and knowledge-holders for over 65,000 years.</p><p>All across this land, the vibrant history of Australia's First Nations peoples tells the story of an ancient culture that continues today.</p><p>Whether it is firestick farming used to sustainably manage Country, or the engineering of great stone fish traps across rivers and seas.</p><p>Whether it was the practices of cultivating crops over tens of thousands of years, or the discovery and use of potent natural medicines.</p><p>That unbroken line of innovation has continued to this day, despite what was wrought by the fiction of terra nullius.</p><p>The traditional knowledge of Australia's First Peoples transformed this land.</p><p>Made it liveable, made it home.</p><p>That knowledge deserves international recognition.</p><p>This treaty does just that.'</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/IndigenousIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousIP</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WIPO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WIPO</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/geneticresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geneticresources</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>