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Yoorrook Truth Receivers (L-R) Joseph Saunders, Tara Fry, Shanyne Morrall and Lisa Thorpe standing side wearing Yoorrook jumpers between trees at he Yarra River

Jun 9, 2023

How to make a submission to Yoorrook

All Victorians can make a submission to Yoorrook. Everyone has a role to play in truth telling.

Jun 8, 2023

Pregnant Aboriginal women are living in fear due to Victoria’s unborn child protection notifications

In evidence to Yoorrook, the Victorian government acknowledged more than half of all child protection notifications made against Aboriginal families were unsubstantiated

May 17, 2023

Yarn with a Truth Receiver from the Yoorrook Justice Commission

Joseph is a Truth Receiver with the Yoorrook Justice Commission – Victoria’s truth-telling inquiry. He helps Community to make submissions to Yoorrook.

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Jun 12, 2023

3CR Community Radio ‘Doin Time’

Yoorrook Commissioner Sue-Anne Hunter gave an update on the work of the Yoorrook Justice Commission on @3CR Community Radio’s ‘Doin Time’.
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Jun 6, 2023

Cost of phone calls in prison

‘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.

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Yoorrook recently completed a month of public hearings during which Commissioners questioned government ministers and senior bureaucrats about injustices against First Peoples in the criminal justice and child protection systems.
The Yoorrook for Justice report is the culmination of Yoorrook’s year-long inquiry into Victoria’s child protection and criminal justice systems.
The Yoorrook NAIDOC events included an Elders Panel that featured Yoorrook Chair Aunty Eleanor Bourke and Uncle Kevin Coombs.
Yoorrook recently completed a month of public hearings during which Commissioners questioned government ministers and senior bureaucrats about injustices against First Peoples in the criminal justice and child protection systems.

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November 30, 2023

Yoorrook launches new focus on education, health and housing

The Yoorrook Justice Commission has today released four issues papers calling for submissions for its inquiry into secondary and tertiary…
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November 22, 2023

Yoorrook calls for submissions as one year deadline passes

Victorians have one year remaining to make submissions to the state’s landmark truth telling commission.…
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October 16, 2023

Yoorrook shifts focus to land, sky and waters in truth telling process

The Yoorrook Justice Commission has commenced its inquiry into land, sky and waters as the next part of the truth…
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