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From dispossession to massacres, the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission sets a new standard for truth-telling

  • Written by: Maggie Walter, Commissioner, Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, University of Tasmania
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There can be no Treaty without truth.

This simple but powerful statement is the reason for the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission’s mandate to reveal, record and analyse the systemic injustices experienced by Victorian First Peoples since colonisation.

Named from a Wamba Wamba word meaning truth, the Yoo-rrook mandate...

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