truth-telling

Queen Elizabeth II showed that the way we serve is as important as the laws, institutions and conventions we uphold on behalf of our communities.

The interim report from Victoria’s Yoorook Justice Commission detailing the experience of 200 Elders was released earlier this week as NAIDOC week began.

Privacy commissioners from around the nation have promised a consistent approach to accessing records of Stolen Generations survivors. 

Victoria has become the first Australian jurisdiction to institute a formal truth-telling forum, with the establishment of the independent Yoo-rrook Justice Commission.

Pedantry is alluring. Especially if one gets some aesthetic satisfaction from the way words are used.

An Indigenous leader has called on the public service to change the way it approaches Indigenous affairs. Professor Mick Dodson, the first-ever Northern Territory Treaty Commissioner, delivered the Garran Oration at the IPAA National Conference in Darwin on Thursday.