In the news

Despite the fallout from the failed federal referendum last year, in Victoria 2024 has been a remarkable year, filled with powerful moments – via National Indigenous Times

First Peoples homelessness in Victoria is twice that of the national average, new data has revealed – via National Indigenous Times.

Uncle Charles Pakana from Victorian Aboriginal News catches up for an exclusive yarn with Commissioner Sue-Anne Hunter.

Keicha Day often has to fight back a rising wave of resentment when driving down the Henty Highway in western Victoria to visit her elderly mother – via The Age.

In 1835, a group of men led by John Batman met with Kulin leaders in an apparent attempt to lease – or purchase — an area of land stretching from modern-day Melbourne to Geelong – via ABC News.

Many Aboriginal communities have long held self-determination as the key to overcoming intergenerational disadvantages – via ABC News.

During a cycling trip through France and Belgium, Elizabeth Balderstone took in the sight of a landscape that had witnessed “enormous tragedy” – via ABC News.

Yoorrook Truth Receivers talked with the VAN Talks Podcast about just some of the work that is going on behind the scenes.

Dozens of staff and students at La Trobe University are pushing for the institution to be renamed due to its namesake’s links to Victoria’s colonial history – via The Guardian.

Yoorrook Commissioner Sue-Anne Hunter gave an update on the work of the Yoorrook Justice Commission on @3CR Community Radio’s ‘Doin Time’.

‘The Yoorrook Justice Commission, Victoria’s Indigenous truth-telling inquiry, has heard evidence the high prison call costs disproportionately impact First Nations people, who are over-represented in the justice system.

The Cruse family had their house in Melbourne’s south-east raided in 2015 as part of the Operation Rising counter-terrorism investigation, which targeted teenager Eathan Cruse and two of his friends.