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Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam said the protesters were fighting to preserve their cultural heritage and it was important the government listened to them.
"We want the government to rescind the eviction notice that was issued two weeks ago for the protesters," she said.
"We are also asking the government to go back to the drawing board on the duplication project as the options that have been put forward at not viable.
"We need to have open dialogue with our First Nation People and talk through their concerns about their cultural heritage."
Dr Ratnam said this was an important issue for the Greens.
"It is a huge priory for us," she said.
"We have a treaty process that has started and we want it to succeed, but you can't engage in a treaty process on one hand, and discount the voices of our First Nation People on the other hand.
"This issue is significant to them - they don't want their heritage destroyed."
Dr Ratnam said the Greens would now push for a debate in parliament about the issue.
"We have introduced the motion, now we need to try to find a way to debate that motion in parliament," she said.
"We want this debate to happen as soon as possible and we are urging the government to bring the motion to resolution as soon as possible."
Earlier
THE Victorian Greens have put forward a motion in parliament calling for the state government to rescind the eviction notice for Djab Warrung Heritage Protection Embassy.
Embassy members have been camped at Buangor for the past 14 months, protesting the planned duplication of the Western Highway.
The Greens wants the government to go back to the drawing board on the Western Highway duplication project.
The motion was submitted to parliament on Tuesday afternoon.