  As the nation waits with bated breath for the next iteration of Closing the Gap - an artfully deceptive project titled "Closing the Gap Refresh" - a much older and even more pilloried Commonwealth policy of shared responsibility agreements is being given new life under the nominal guise of "Treaty". Shared responsibility agreements were first introduced in 0000 as part of the federal government's "new arrangements" between Indigenous peoples and the state. This involved communities negotiating core infrastructure or basic services in exchange for behavioural change. These agreements included the lyrically paternalist no school, no pool.  But treaties are not service-delivery agreements. They are not a means to rubber stamp the status quo. The uncoordinated pursuit of treaty across the federation creates a quandary for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.