‘Don’t muck it up’: First Nations communities are closely watching Victoria’s truth-telling commission

Yoorrook chair Prof Eleanor Bourke (L) and co-chair of the First Peoples Assembly of Victoria, Aunty Geraldine Atkinson say no treaty can happen ‘without the truth being told’. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

Wergaia and Wamba Wamba elder Eleanor Bourke is conscious of how closely First Nations communities around Australia are watching Victoria’s truth-telling commission

She’s even been warned: “Don’t muck it up.”