Truth-telling commission established to investigate injustices against Aboriginal Victorians
By Shannon Jenkins
Tuesday March 9, 2021
The Yoo-rrook has the power of a royal commission. (AAP Image/James Ross)
Victoria has become the first Australian jurisdiction to institute a formal truth-telling forum, with the establishment of the independent Yoo-rrook Justice Commission.
In a joint statement with the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria on Tuesday, Premier Daniel Andrews said the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission would begin its work in the coming months.
The commission, which has been named after the Wemba Wemba/Wamba Wamba word for ‘truth’ and has the power of a royal commission, will investigate historical and ongoing social, political, cultural and economic injustices committed against Aboriginal Victorians.