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Truth-telling (Victoria), 'History Wars', First Peoples'…
Truth-telling (Victoria)
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The National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families, Bring them home (1997)
An act of genocide contrary to the UN Convention on Genocide (not acknowledged in apology by the Rudd Government in 2008)
'Victoria has created the Yoorrook Justice Commission, with the mission to 'investigate both historical and ongoing injustices committed against Aboriginal Victorians since colonisation' (Yoorrook Justice Commission 2021)
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The need for truth-telling is still seen as a necessary step 'prior to a constitutional reform or as part of a Treaty negotiation' (Referendum Council 2017: 32)
Indigenous Community
Traumatising (and re-traumatising) for indigenous people to share (and re-tell) their stories, especially to a historically evident unreceptive audience, which includes those who have been a part of injustices
'Carnivalesque processions, apologies and tearful mea culpas [that] eases the burden of the coloniser, while doing little or nothing to rectify the suffering and loss experienced by Aboriginal people' (Birch 2021: 1).
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Respect for indigenous culture, heritage and native title, which non-indigenous people have benefited from
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Acknowledgement (and identification) of historical and ongoing violence perpetrated towards indigenous people and their culture since colonisation
Victorian Government
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Historical precedence of minimal change and lack of recognition/accountability (unresponsive to truth-telling)
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Resource management (e.g., budgets, appropriation of funds, contracted staff etc.)
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Non-indigenous Community
Ignorance and/or lack of education of current society and risks of recurrence for future generations (''one way commemorations of history.' (Davis 2017: 4)
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Resistance to uncomfortable thoughts and feelings (e.g. guilt) as a result of truth-telling, despite its significance, need and overall betterment of society
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While very belated, there have been some recent developments towards truth-telling in Victoria
Education within the public sector (e.g., Melbourne University MicroCerts)
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The National Indigenous Health Equality Council: Closing the Gap Framework (2008) is widening, instead of narrowing
The aftermath of international truth-telling (such as Canada) have not presently resulted in successful implementation
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Difficult to observe much positive impact from efforts to engage non-Indigenous people during formal Australian reconciliation process (Newspoll et al., 2000: 37).
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