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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Adeshola Ore

Victoria government blasted for rejecting truth-telling inquiry’s key recommendations

Yoorrook Chair, Professor Eleanor Bourke
Yoorrook chair, Prof Eleanor Bourke, says Yoorook Justice Commission’s recommendations ‘go to the heart of addressing ongoing injustice against First Peoples’. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

Victoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly and the head of the state’s Indigenous truth-telling commission have criticised the Allan Labor government for seeking more time to consider overhauling child protection and criminal justice systems.

The government on Wednesday handed down its response to a report by the Yoorrook Justice Commission, which called for it to tackle systemic injustices experienced by First Nations people in the child protection and criminal justice sectors.

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