Walk for Truth on ABC Breakfast
Deputy Chair, Travis Lovett’s interview on ABC News Breakfast, sharing the upcoming Walk for Truth from Portland to Parliament in May-June 2025.
The Walk will be a powerful way to build shared understanding of these truths, talking together about our history, while walking together to transform our future.
For First Peoples and for all Victorians. Starting on Sunday 25 May on Gunditjmara Country at Portland, the Walk will travel through communities including Warrnambool, Colac, Geelong and Footscray, finishing at Parliament House on Wednesday 18 June.
Along the way there will be opportunities for people to join the Walk and attend a community event in each leg. To find out more, including dates and details of specific legs and community events, register to join or support the Walk for Truth.
More Walk for Truth
Yoorrook Justice Commission invites you to be part of the Walk for Truth from Portland to Parliament.
Everyone is invited to join when Yoorrook Deputy Chair Commissioner Travis Lovett, Kerrupmara Gunditjmara, walks from Portland, where colonisation began, to Parliament, where we can transform the future.
Starting on Sunday 25 May on Gunditjmara Country at Portland, the Walk will finish at Parliament House on Wednesday 18 June. You can see expected dates of each leg of the walk below.
This powerful journey aims to bring everyone together to walk toward truth, celebrate the strength and resistance of Aboriginal people, and be proud to have the oldest living culture in the world as ours.
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Yoorrook Justice Commission invites you to be part of the Walk for Truth from Portland to Parliament.
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