Reports
Read reports from the Yoorrook Justice Commission, including Yoorrook for Transformation, Yoorrook: Truth be Told, and Yoorrook For Justice.
Hard copies are not currently available for public distribution. If this changes, an update will be provided on this website.
Hard copies of Yoorrook: Truth Be Told are available for viewing at the State Library Victoria, in the Redmond Barry Reading Room.
Yoorrook Truth be Told - Official Public Record
Tabled in Parliament 1 July 2025.
Yoorrook Truth be Told is the Official Public Record and draws on the evidence given to Yoorrook, in addition to secondary sources, to provide a detailed account of the history of the State of Victoria from the start of colonisation. Written in the tradition of First Peoples’ approach to storytelling, it blends oral history, collective memoir and rigorous research to offer a new perspective on colonial history—a reclamation of Victoria’s past that privileges voices and stories previously overlooked or deliberately suppressed.
Yoorrook for Transformation - Summary Report
Tabled in Parliament 1 July 2025.
The summary report includes acknowledgements, a foreword from the Chairperson, and an explanation of the report’s purpose, structure, and terminology. It also outlines how Yoorrook approached the inquiry.
It presents an Executive Summary of the other Yoorrook for Transformation volumes, highlighting key findings and proposed actions. It includes key facts across five critical areas of injustice affecting First Peoples in Victoria:
- Land injustice
- Education
- Health
- Housing
- Economic and political life
The summary volume concludes with the Yoorrook for Transformation recommendations.
Yoorrook for Transformation - Third Interim Report - Vol 1
Tabled in Parliament 1 July 2025.
Volume 1 includes an executive summary and all of the Yoorrook for Transformation recommendations.
It also provides an overview of five critical themes raised by First Peoples throughout Yoorrook’s inquiry:
- The past is the present
- Sovereignty
- Self-determination
- Rights
- Accountability
Yoorrook for Transformation - Third Interim Report - Vol 2
Tabled in Parliament 1 July 2025.
Volume 2 examines critical issues related to land injustice. Each chapter details what Yoorrook heard, the way forward, and recommendations for change on topics which include:
- How colonisers stole Country
- The impacts of Country being stolen
- Recognition systems, including:
- Native title
- Traditional Owner settlements
- Cultural heritage protection
- Treaty
- Key issues around joint management, water rights, climate change, and caring for Country
Yoorrook for Transformation - Third Interim Report - Vol 3
Tabled in Parliament 1 July 2025.
Volume 3 examines critical issues in the Victorian schooling system and tertiary sector. It includes the following chapters:
- Key facts and timeline
- Historical context — the past is the present
- Racism and cultural safety
- Curriculum and education
- Workforce and leadership
- Accountability and self-determination
Yoorrook for Transformation - Third Interim Report - Vol 4
Tabled in Parliament 1 July 2025.
Volume 4 examines critical issues in the Victorian healthcare system and in housing outcomes for First Peoples. The volume includes chapters on:
- Key facts and timeline
- First Peoples and the Victorian health system
- Health inequities
- Mental health and social and emotional wellbeing
- Family Violence
- Racism, workforce and accountability
- Health and the criminal justice system
- Aboriginal community-controlled healthcare
- Housing and First Peoples in Victoria
Yoorrook for Transformation - Third Interim Report - Vol 5
Tabled in Parliament 1 July 2025.
Volume 5 examines critical issues in:
- Economic prosperity
- Political life
- Access to records
- Redress
It also contains appendices to the Yoorrook for Transformation report.
Yoorrook For Justice Report
Delivered 4 September 2023.
Report into Victoria's child protection and criminal justice systems. This report includes:
- Chairperson’s foreword, Executive Summary, recommendations, key facts
- An examination into the historical foundations of the child protection and criminal justice systems.
- Critical issues in the child protection system
- Critical issues in the criminal justice system
- Other matters and appendices
Yoorroko with Purpose Report
Delivered 30 June 2022.
Yoorrook with Purpose, the first interim report, outlines its journey so and provides a framework for how the truth-telling inquiry will operate. It is structured in three parts:
- Part A: Describes Yoorrook’s establishment, values, and culturally grounded approach, including challenges faced and how they were addressed.
- Part B: Explains how Yoorrook analyses information, outlines its research tools, and shares key themes from Elders’ voices gathered during early hearings and yarning circles.
- Part C: Sets out Yoorrook’s next steps, areas of focus, and interim recommendations to support truth-telling, understanding, and transformation.