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May 14, 2025
A pivotal moment: the nation’s only truth telling commission nears its end
Yoorrook’s Chair, Professor Eleanor Bourke, reflected on the Commission’s legacy in an historic address to the Melbourne Press Club in May 2025.
May 16, 2024
Victorian Government responds to Yoorrook recommendations
The Victorian Government has accepted 28 of the recommendations made in Yoorrook for Justice in full or in principle.
May 16, 2024
Victoria Police commit to change
Victoria Police announces its commitment to 79 reforms in response to Yoorrook Justice Commission recommendations at the unveiling of the Yoorrook shield
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Criminal justice system
Oct 20, 2023
The roadmap to transform Victoria’s child protection and justice systems
The Yoorrook Justice Commission has a mandate to investigate all systemic injustice against First Peoples dating back to the beginning of colonisation. In September Yoorrook released its second interim report.
May 13, 2023
What Yoorrook heard about the child protection and criminal justice systems
During a month of public hearings Commissioners questioned government ministers and senior bureaucrats about injustices against First Peoples in the criminal justice and child protection systems.
May 3, 2023
Commissioner Travis Lovett questions the Minister for Police about accountability for deaths in custody
During questioning by Commissioner Travis Lovett, the Minister for Police, The Hon. Anthony Carbines MP said that he accepted that no one has been held accountable for these deaths.
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Criminal justice system
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