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Victorian Premier delivers apology to Aboriginal people
The apology fulfills the Yoorrook Justice Commission's recommendation and marks a step toward truth-telling and justice for Aboriginal Victorians under the state's treaty.
- On Tuesday, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan issued a formal apology in Victoria's Parliament House during a special sitting negotiated under the statewide treaty agreement that became law last month, saying `To ensure that the wrongs of the past are never repeated, we say sorry`.
- The Yoorrook Justice Commission recommended the apology as part of its inquiry findings, fulfilling a key truth-telling recommendation and marking a renewed relationship under the statewide treaty agreement.
- The apology was live-streamed and acknowledged laws that removed children and dispossessed communities, with Allan stating `Decisions made in this Parliament over its long history have long denied the First Peoples of this land their rights and their self-determination`.
- The treaty creates Gellung Warl as a legislated consultative body, requires truth-telling in Victorian public schools, renaming offensive places, and mandates treaty compatibility checks for new laws.
- A government spokesperson said they will proceed despite Jess Wilson’s opposition that `the treaty references mean, as currently drafted, the Coalition could not support it`, with a public celebration planned on Friday.
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Victorian Government Formally Apologises to Aboriginals
Victoria’s Labor government has issued an official apology to the state’s Aboriginal people in Parliament on Dec. 9. The apology was recommended by the Yoorrook Justice Commission, which was set up in 2021 as a “truth-telling” body aimed at investigating historical issues related to colonisation. Premier Jacinta Allan said, in moving the motion that contained the apology, that this was a chance for “all Victorians to move on together.” “Today’s …
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