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Public Hearings: 22 April – 26 April 2024
The purpose of these public hearings is to gather evidence from Traditional Owners, Government Ministers and academics on injustices against First Peoples related to land, sky and waters.
Witnesses
Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations
First Nations Clean Energy Network
John (Trakka) Clarke
Katherine Mullet
Matthew Shanks
Mick Bourke
Minda Murray
Nick Llewellyn-Jones
Professor John Burrows
Professor Megan Davis
Rebecca Halliday
Sonja Dare
The Hon. Harriet Shing MP
The Hon. Lily D'Ambrosio MP
Uncle Brendan Kennedy
Uncle Gary Murray
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Date: 22 - 26 April
Topic: Land Injustice
Public Hearings: 15 April – 18 April 2024
The purpose of these public hearings was to hear evidence from Traditional Owners, Government Ministers and academics on injustices against First Peoples related to land, sky and waters.
Witnesses
Aunty Marjorie Thorpe
Craig Sandy
Dr Erin O’Donnell
Dr Julia Hurst
Dr Katie O’Bryan
Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations
First Nations Legal and Research Services
Karen Jackson
Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations
Ngarra Murray
Rueben Berg
The Hon. Natalie Hutchins MP
The Hon. Steve Dimopoulos MP
Uncle Graham Atkinson
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Date: 15 - 18 April
Topic: Land Injustice
Public Hearings: 25 March – 28 March 2024
The purpose of these public hearings was to hear evidence from First Peoples, academics, descendants of colonisers, researchers and historians on injustices against First Peoples related to land, sky and waters.
Witnesses
Associate Professor Katherine Ellinghaus
Aunty Donna Wright
Aunty Jill Gallagher
Aunty Vicki Couzens
Distinguished Professor Marcia Langton
Dr Bill Pascoe
Emeritus Professor Richard Broome
Jim Berg
Professor Henry Reynolds
Professor Julie Andrews
Suzannah Henty
Uncle Michael (Mookeye) Bell
Uncle Robbie Thorpe (Djuran Bunjilinee)
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Date: 25 March - 28 March 2024
Topic: Land Injustice
Public Hearings: 27 April – 15 May 2023
The purpose of these public hearings was for the Yoorrook Justice Commission to question Victorian government ministers, senior bureaucrats and the Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police about the administration of the child protection and criminal justice systems.
Witnesses
Adam Reilly
Andrea Davidson
Argiri Alisandratos
Chief Commissioner Shane Patton
Commissioner Meena Singh
Dr Tamar Hopkins
Eleanor Williams
Joshua Smith
Kate Houghton
Katherine Whetton
Larissa Strong
Marian Chapman
Raylene Harradine
Ryan Phillips
The Hon. Anthony Carbines MP
The Hon. Enver Erdogan MP
The Hon. Jaclyn Symes MLC
The Hon. Lizzie Blandthorn MP
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Date: 27 April - 15 May 2023
Topic: Child protection system
Topic: Criminal justice system
Directions Hearing: 4 April 2023
The Yoorrook Justice Commission called a directions hearing at 10am on Tuesday 4 April for an update on the Victorian Government’s response to a previous failure to comply with the Commission’s orders to produce evidence.
Witnesses
N/A
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Date: 4 April 2023
Topic: Child protection system
Topic: Criminal justice system
Directions Hearing: 27 March 2023
The Yoorrook Justice Commission called a directions hearing at 10am on Monday March 27 regarding the Victorian Government’s non-compliance with the Commission’s orders to produce evidence.
Witnesses
N/A
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Date: 27 March 2023
Topic: Child protection system
Topic: Criminal justice system
Public Hearings: 1-9 March 2023
The purpose of these public hearings was to hear from Community members with first-hand experience of the child protection and criminal justice systems.
Witnesses
Aboriginal Justice Caucus
Aunty Debbie and Uncle Ray Thomas
Aunty Doreen Lovett
Aunty Stephanie Charles
Bonnie Dukakis
Damian Griffis
Donna, Tina, Sonny and Joanne Wright
Dr Michael Maguire
Eathan and David Cruse
Emeritus Professor Jude McCulloch
John
Mikala
Shane and Aimee Potter
Sissy Austin
Uncle Ross Morgan
WEstjustice
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Date: 1-9 March 2023
Topic: Child protection system
Topic: Criminal justice system
Public Hearings: 12 to 16 December 2022
The purpose of these public hearings was to hear from Aboriginal leaders working in the area of criminal justice as part of Yoorrook’s inquiry into the harm done to First Peoples by unjust laws and practices within this system.
Witnesses
Alan Thorpe
Antoinette Braybrook
Aunty Geraldine Atkinson
Aunty Vickie Roach
Coree Thorpe
Dr Eddie Cubillo
Dr Mick Creati
Human Rights Law Centre
Karin Williams
Nakia Firebrace
Peter Hood
Prof Stuart Kinner
Shaun Braybrook
Stan Winford
Tessa Theocharous
Victoria Legal Aid
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
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Date: 12-16 December 2022
Topic: Criminal justice system
Public Hearings: 5 to 9 December 2022
The purpose of these public hearings were to hear from Aboriginal leaders working in child protection as part of Yoorrook’s inquiry into the harm done to First Peoples by unjust laws and practices within this system.
Witnesses
Aaron Wallace
Ashley Morris
Aunty Charmaine Clarke
Aunty Eva Jo Edwards
Aunty Glenys Watts
Aunty Hazel Hudson
Aunty Jill Gallagher
Aunty Muriel Bamblett
Aunty Rieo Ellis
Commissioner Meena Singh
Dr Jacynta Krakouer
Felicia Dean
Ian Hamm
Karinda Taylor
Kimberley Do
Lisa Thorpe
Magistrate Kay Macpherson
Shellee Strickland
Stacey Brown
Tracey Dillon
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Date: 5-9 December 2022
Topic: Child protection system