Victoria’s truth-telling commission requests extension to avoid replicating ‘colonial injustices’

Yoorrook commission says it needs time to create culturally appropriate model as interim report details ongoing pain of First Nations elders

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Victoria's Indigenous truth-telling commission has formally requested a two-year extension for its inquiry to ensure the process does not replicate colonial injustices" and trauma".

The commission has been beset by a series of resignations over the past six months, including the commissioner, Wayne Atkinson, last month.

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