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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.