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Truth-telling inquiry splits on final report findings

Three of the five leaders of an Indigenous truth-telling inquiry did not endorse the key findings in one of its two final reports.

AAP · Jul 1, 2025

Accused criminals left to own devices in 'bail fail'

A state will stop using private firms to track accused criminals on bail after dozens were left unmonitored when a provider suddenly collapsed.

AAP · Feb 6, 2025

Australia must confront bloody colonial past

Australians have a duty to investigate the nation's colonial history in order to move forward, a landowner on the site of the Warrigal Creek massacre says.

AAP · Sep 3, 2024

Vic Premier to face Indigenous truth-telling inquiry

Victoria's Premier Jacinta Allan is set to give evidence at the Yoorrook land hearings into injustices experienced by Indigenous people.

AAP · Mar 21, 2024

Beyond Australia’s failed referendum: Truth, treaty and voice in Victoria

Indigenous people are addressing the challenges of colonisation and holding government to account.

Al Jazeera · Dec 21, 2023

Victorian chief commissioner apologises for treatment of Indigenous people by police at Yoorrook inquiry

Victoria's police chief Shane Patton apologises for actions that have traumatised Indigenous people at the state's truth-telling inquiry. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of people who have died.

ABC News · May 8, 2023

Victorian government returns to truth-telling inquiry

Victoria's truth-telling inquiry is holding another directions hearing after the state government failed to meet its evidence deadlines.

AAP · Apr 3, 2023

Truth-telling probe brings up past police brutality

The Yoorrook Justice Commission has heard how a proud Yorta Yorta man only felt free of racism and violence when he left Australia.

AAP · Mar 5, 2023

Victoria’s truth-telling commission requests extension to avoid replicating ‘colonial injustices’

Yoorrook commission says it needs time to create culturally appropriate model as interim report details ongoing pain of First Nations elders

The Guardian - AU · Jul 4, 2022

Yoorrook Justice Commission releases interim report detailing Aboriginal elders' experiences of racism

Aboriginal elders have recounted their experiences of discrimination, dispossession and child removal for a landmark Victorian inquiry.

ABC News · Jul 3, 2022