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It's time to tell the truth about the impacts of colonisation on First Peoples in Victoria.
Frequently asked questions
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How do I make a submission?
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What will Yoorrook do?
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What is happening at Yoorrook?
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Areas of work
Yoorrook is investigating injustice against First Peoples in Victoria since colonisation.
In mid-2023 Yoorrook released the Yoorrook for Justice report into the Victorian child protection and criminal justice systems.
Yoorrook is now looking into land, sky and waters, health, housing and education, and economic prosperity. Yoorrook will deliver its final report in 2025.
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Land, sky and waters
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The Yoorrook Justice Commission has commenced its inquiry into land, sky and waters as the next part of the truth telling process in Victoria.
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Criminal Justice System
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For First Peoples, the criminal justice system has long been a site of systemic injustice.
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Child protection system
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The Yoorrook Justice Commission is looking into the child protection system as part of the truth telling process in Victoria.
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About Yoorrook
The Yoorrook Justice Commission is the first formal truth-telling process into injustices experienced by First Peoples in Victoria.
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News and Stories
![Jarvis overlooking the Birrarung (Yarra) River, in a Treaty for Victoria t-shirt and surrounded by soaring gum tree.](https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Jarvis-Edited-2.jpg)
4 June 2024
Yoorrook Justice Commission: Jarvis’ Story
Sitting overlooking the waters where the Yarra River and Merri Creek meet, surrounded by soaring gum trees, Jarvis takes a deep breath. With the camera rolling, he begins to tell his story.
![Truth Receiver Stephen Thorpe with Yoorrook colleague Chathuri Wickramasinghe at the NAIDOC flag raising at federation square](https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Flag-raising-Stephen-Thorpe-Chathuri-Wickramasinghe-1-2.jpg)
31 May 2024
Get to know Truth Receiver Stephen Thorpe
Yoorrook Truth Receiver Stephen Thorpe, who belongs to the Gunnai, Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta and Palawa nations, shares some insights about his journey to Yoorrook and why he’s passionate about truth telling.
![First People performing a traditional ceremonial dance at a Welcome to Country at the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape in Portland](https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/landskywatersstory.jpg)
16 May 2024
What Yoorrook heard about land, sky and waters
The history of Europeans coming to Victoria 200 years ago and taking First Peoples’ land is a history of wrongdoing and loss. But it is also a story First Peoples’ resistance, survival and strength.
![4 copies of the Yoorrook for Justice report placed on top of grass at the Kings Domain monument in Narrm](https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Yoorrook-for-Justice-Report-91.jpg)
16 May 2024
Victorian Government responds to Yoorrook recommendations
The Victorian Government has accepted 28 of the recommendations made in Yoorrook for Justice in full or in principle.
![Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police Shane Patten, artist Uncle Mick Harding, Yoorrook Chair Eleanor Bourke, Yoorrook Deputy Chair Travis Lovett, Minister for Police Anthony Carbines MP posing with the Yoorrook shield at the Victoria Police headquarters](https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/713A3222-scaled.jpg)
16 May 2024
Victoria Police commit to change
Victoria Police announces its commitment to 79 reforms in response to Yoorrook Justice Commission recommendations at the unveiling of the Yoorrook shield
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13 March 2024
Yoorrook celebrates International Women’s Day by remembering important advocates for First People
We stand on the shoulders of generations of amazing women. Learn more about some of them this
International Womens Day.
![From left to right Chair Professor Eleanor Bourke AM, Sue-Anne Hunter, Distinguished Professor Maggie Walter, Travis Lovett, The Hon. Anthony North KC.](https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/about-photo-v5-1.jpg)