Days left to make a submission
Closing date extended to 30 November 2024
Make a submission about injustice
Why make a submission?
The Yoorrook Justice Commission is looking into injustice experienced by First Peoples in Victoria since colonisation - injustice that happened in the past and things that are still happening now.
We all do better when we listen and acknowledge the truth of our past and present. And we all have a role to play in shining a light on injustice experienced by First Peoples.
By coming together to acknowledge injustice and resolve differences, we can create a shared future for all Victorians.
Your story will help Yoorrook create a public record of this injustice. It will also help Commissioners recommend changes to systems and laws. Yoorrook will provide these recommendations to the Victorian Government and the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria.
“I think it’s important to set the record straight about what really happened and continues to happen to us. I feel the rest of Australia would have more empathy for us if they knew the truth.”
How to make a submission
Make a submission online
We encourage all Victorians to come forward to share their stories as part of the State’s truth-telling process by making a submission.
You can make your submission through the online submission form.
- You can prepare your submission beforehand then upload it as an attachment or write it directly on to the online form
- You can return to the unfinished online submission form for up to three months
- You can make multiple submissions
Other ways to make a submission
Support to make a submission
Requests for support to make a submission closed on October 15, 2024
If you need other support Yoorrook has free and confidential social and emotional wellbeing and legal supports available for you. Find out more on keeping you safe and strong.
Make a short submission
Short submissions are a quick and easy way to help put the true history of Victoria on the public record. Together, we can create a historic document that will shape our state's future.
How to make a short submission
You can make a short submission on a range of topics:
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Make a hard copy submission
Publishing your submission
To help all Victorians understand First Peoples’ experiences of injustice, Yoorrook may publish your submission on its website. Yoorrook will not make your submission public without your consent.
Yoorrook reserves the right not to publish all or part of a submission if it considers it inappropriate to do so. By publishing a submission, Yoorrook expresses no opinion about the content or accuracy of the submission or material referred to in the submission.
Make an online submission
Make a submission about injustice against First Peoples in Victoria through Yoorrooks online submission forms.
Make a short online submission
You can make a short submission on a range of topics:
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