Submissions Library
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Submission – Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (Economic Prosperity)
The Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (VACCA) is the peak Voice for Aboriginal children in Victoria.
This submission looks at: historic and current barriers to economic prosperity; consequences of systemic injustices; ending systemic economic injustice; and building strengths-based economic participation and growing the Aboriginal economy.
Submission – Anonymous 534
This submission details a family’s experience of failures and injustice within the child protection system.
Submission – Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness Forum
The Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness Forum comprises thirty-eight Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, Traditional Owner groups and Aboriginal Trusts who are either delivering housing and homelessness services in Victoria or who are interested in becoming registered housing providers.
This submission looks at: how to arrest the crisis; how the housing system can support and strengthen community and culture; and preparing for treaty.
Submission – Lily Woodward
Lily Woodward’s submisison describes the abuse and challenges she faced as a child in the child protection system and her subsequent experiences of having her own children removed.
Please be aware that this submission contains sensitive material.
Submission – Keicha Day
Keicha Day is a a Gunditjmara/Yorta Yorta woman.
This submission is a trancript of Keicha discussing the impact of colonisation on Country and community.
Submission – Christina Secombe
Christina Secombe is a Wotjobaluk woman.
This submission outlines traumatic experiences Christina faced growing up and the impact it had on her later life.
Please be aware that this submission contains sensitive material.
Submission – Anonymous 476
This submission is written by a person working in an Aboriginal identified role in a government organisation. It outlines the systematic discrimination and racism faced by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Submission – Anita Mobourne
Anita Mobourne is a Wamba Wamba, Yorta Yorta, and Gunditjmara and Wotjobaluk woman.
This submission is a transcript of Anita talking about her family’s experiences, her working life and the importance of connection, culture and identity.
Submission – Thomas Marks
Thomas Marks is a Wotjobaluk/Gunaikurnai man.
In this video submission, originally produced for the Disability Royal Commission, Thomas decribes the lifelong impact of being part of the Stolen Generations.
Please be aware that this submission contains sensitive material.
Submission – Dr Wayne Atkinson
Dr Wayne Atkinson is a Yorta Yorta Elder and Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
This submission includes papers from Dr Atkinson’s PhD thesis tracing the origins of reserves and the policy of segregation and control. Also includes is an historic analysis of land injustice in Victoria, drawing on Dr Atkinson’s knowledge as a principle claimant in the Yorta Yorta case.