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It's time to tell the truth about the impacts of colonisation on First Peoples in Victoria.
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Areas of work
Yoorrook is investigating injustice against First Peoples in Victoria since colonisation.
In mid-2023 Yoorrook released the Yoorrook for Justice report into the Victorian child protection and criminal justice systems.
Yoorrook is now looking into land, sky and waters, health, housing and education, and economic prosperity. Yoorrook will deliver its final report in 2025.
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Land, sky and waters
The Yoorrook Justice Commission has commenced its inquiry into land, sky and waters as the next part of the truth telling process in Victoria.
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Criminal Justice System
For First Peoples, the criminal justice system has long been a site of systemic injustice.
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Child protection system
The Yoorrook Justice Commission is looking into the child protection system as part of the truth telling process in Victoria.
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About Yoorrook
The Yoorrook Justice Commission is the first formal truth-telling process into injustices experienced by First Peoples in Victoria.
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News and Stories
16 May 2024
What Yoorrook heard about land, sky and waters
The history of Europeans coming to Victoria 200 years ago and taking First Peoples’ land is a history of wrongdoing and loss. But it is also a story First Peoples’ resistance, survival and strength.
16 May 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.
16 May 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
13 March 2024
Yoorrook celebrates International Women’s Day by remembering important advocates for First People
We stand on the shoulders of generations of amazing women. Learn more about some of them this
International Womens Day.
8 March 2024
Marngrook – Celebrating the origins of AFL
Kick off the AFL season by celebrating Marngrook and its origins in First Peoples history and culture.
23 January 2024
The Story of the Day of Mourning on January 26
On January 26 1938, First Peoples activists held the nation’s first Day of Mourning to coincide with the 150th anniversary celebrations of the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney Cove.