This important Truth-Telling article is from Croakey Health Media, 15 May 2025.
The final report of the Yoorook Justice Commission, the first formal truth-telling process into historical and ongoing injustices experienced by First Peoples in Victoria, will no doubt include many recommendations of significance for the health sector nationally.
In an historic address to the Melbourne Press Club this week, the Commission’s Chair, Professor Eleanor Bourke AM, reflected on the Commission’s wide-ranging work over the past four years, and her hopes for how truth-telling will continue after Yoorrook formally concludes on 30 June.
Editor: Melissa Sweet Author: Eleanor Bourke
***Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this address by Professor Eleanor Brooks mentions people who have passed away***