Yoorrook Justice Commission

Yoorrook Justice Commission are seeking short submissions on the health system. Short submissions are a quick and easy way to help put the true history of Victoria on the public record. Together, we can create a historic document that will shape our state's future. Submissions close 22 November. Make history. Make a submission. https://lnkd.in/g4aVFPnR

The latest issue of Reconciliation News is out now! Issue #52 is full of stories that show how First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians are creating opportunities to advance self-determination and build the movement for reconciliation and justice in Australia. Stories include: 📌 A year on from the referendum, Voice is as important as ever by Kirstie Parker 📌 Surfing to Success: Naru Goori Groms and the National Rugby League 📌 RAP designs create opportunities for Cairns First Nations youth 📌 Truth, Healing, Action: Yoorrook Justice Commission's Journey 📌 In Conversation with Katie Kiss 📌 Bass Coast Reconciliation Network: Walking and Working Together Read it online now: https://lnkd.in/gxCwisFk #Reconciliation #ReconciliationNews #Truthtelling

There is a clear pathway to keeping children out of the youth justice system. In our submission to a Senate inquiry examining the overincarceration of First Nations children and youth justice systems across Australia, we continue back the recommendations of the Yoorrook Justice Commission. First Nations community-led solutions will work. They must be implemented. In Victoria, First Nations children, children of colour, children with disability and children living in state care are significantly overrepresented at all stages of the criminal legal system. Improving the system for the most marginalised in our community will benefit all. https://lnkd.in/gywmg5s8

"Change takes time. However, if it's about First Peoples, we must be included in the dialogue. We no longer accept being absent from planning about our futures." Yoorrook’s Chair, Professor Eleanor Bourke AM, delivered this strong message in a keynote address on leadership and resilience to people leaders at the Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, including DEECA’s First Peoples Group. "It cannot be about us without us." #FirstPeoples #DEECA #Truthtelling

Calling all Victorians. It’s time for everyone to play their part. As Victoria's first truth-telling process Yoorrook Justice Commission has heard from First Peoples across the state, sharing stories of injustice and resilience. Now we’re calling all Victorians to make a submission. Let’s tell the full story of our past and transform our shared future together. Answer any of these five guided questions by 22 November and be part of truth-telling today: https://lnkd.in/gttniVu5 #MakeASubmission #MakeHistory #TruthTelling #Victoria

It was incredible to see three leaders of Victoria's Truth and Treaty process speaking together this weekend at the Reconciliation Victoria and ANTAR Victoria joint Annual Forum and AGMs. Panellists included: - Sue-Anne Hunter | Deputy Chair Yoorrook Justice Commission - Rueben Berg | Co-Chair, First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria - Duean White | Inaugural Member, Treaty Authority Together they spoke about the intrinsic link between truth-telling and the path to Treaty in Victoria, with truth-telling providing the 'why' for Treaty. Commissioner Hunter called out to all Victorians to be part of truth-telling and make a Shared Understanding Submission before 22 November. You can use these guided forms here: https://lnkd.in/gST6G_Tk All Victorians have a part to play. Make History. Make a Submission. #Truthtelling #Treaty #Yoorrook

It’s been widely publicised the significant contribution that Aboriginal people and Aboriginal business’ make to the economy. So, we want to hear from you! It is so important when hearing truth that not only are we hearing about the trauma and injustices First Peoples have experienced but also the positive impacts and significant contributions to society and economic prosperity of the state of Victoria I am asking you to tag your favourite people, business or enterprise because we at Yoorrook Justice Commission want to hear from them. Submissions close 22nd November.

Change comes in whispers and in roars. This week reminds us there's no single rhythm to truth-telling - each voice, whether patient or passionate, carries wisdom that's shaped our nation's journey. At Yoorrook Justice Commission , we witness this daily. In quiet hearing rooms, Elders share stories preserved through generations, their measured words carrying centuries of knowledge. In community gatherings, powerful testimonies surge forth, born from decades of advocacy. In public spaces, voices rise with urgent intensity, demanding to be heard. Some speak through careful consultation, others through bold declaration. Each approach - steady or strong, gentle or fierce - adds its own vital note to our national conversation. Our strength isn't found in agreeing how truth should be told, but in being ready to receive it in all its forms. What matters isn't the volume of the voice but the courage to speak and the wisdom to listen. Through Yoorrook's work, we've learned that change needs all these voices - the steady pulse of persistent advocacy, the thunderous call of public protest, the quiet wisdom of community leadership. When we debate methods, we risk missing messages. Real progress comes not from judging how truth arrives, but from having the courage to hear it when it does - however it reaches us. This is what Yoorrook teaches us: truth, like healing, follows many paths. Our role isn't to judge the journey, but to honor the wisdom each voice brings to our shared future. #Yoorrook #TruthTelling #FirstPeoples #Justice #Change

Important coverage in The Australian today about the urgent need for action on Yoorrook Justice Commission recommendations. After more than a year, only 6 of 46 recommendations have been fully supported by the Victorian government. This slow progress fails to honor the First Peoples who bravely shared their stories of trauma and systemic injustice with the Commission. While the government has now backed two additional reforms around youth justice and police commissioner selection, much more needs to be done. As the article notes, at least three Aboriginal deaths in custody have occurred in Victoria since the Commission's second interim report. Our message is clear: apologies must be matched with action. Change cannot wait. We must hold the government accountable for implementing these vital reforms. The pain and experiences shared by our people deserve nothing less than real, transformative change. #FirstPeoples #TruthTelling #Justice #YoorrookJusticeCommission #IndigenousRights #Victoria Do-nothing ministers to face accountability hearings’

The Allan Government has not made enough progress implementing critical recommendations from the Yoorrook Justice Commission that would immediately reduce the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing injustice at the hands of the criminal legal system.    Only six of the 46 recommendations have been accepted.    Read the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s full statement: https://lnkd.in/ebQzvAti