Newsletters

Newsletter Issue 8
Find out more about making a submission, a new way to learn about Yoorrook and a recap of NAIDOC 2023 celebrations.

Newsletter Issue 7
All Victorians are now invited to be part of truth telling by making a submission to Yoorrook. Submissions had previously been open to First Peoples only.

Newsletter Issue 6
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.

Newsletter Issue 5
The Yoorrook Justice Commission will now run until June 2025 after being granted a 12-month extension by the Victorian Government.

Newsletter Issue 4
Kerrupmara Gunditjmara Traditional Owner Travis Lovett has been appointed as a Commissioner of the Yoorrook Justice Commission.

Newsletter Issue 3
Yoorrook will commence its next round of public hearings on 5 December 2022, focused on injustice experienced by First Peoples in Victoria’s criminal justice and child protection systems.

Newsletter Issue 2
Since our April issue, Yoorrook has conducted Elders’ yarns across the State, held four weeks of hearings and published our first interim report.

Newsletter Issue 1
Welcome to the first Yoorrook Justice Commission newsletter. Yoorrook will be producing this newsletter quarterly to keep you up to date with what is happening in the first truth-telling process into past and ongoing injustices experienced by First Peoples in Victoria.