Individual or Group Submission22/11/24

Laura Griffin

Laura Griffin is a legal academic of Anglo settler heritage at La Trobe University Law School has had the privilege of undertaking or supervising research on historical and ongoing injustices against First Peoples, focusing on colonial laws and legal institutions. They coordinate the Law School’s Indigenous Strategy and prepared a Scoping Paper on Decolonising the Law Curriculum. Their submission compromises a series of documents. This file summarises how each document relates to the work of the Yoorrook Justice Commission (‘Yoorrook’) and/or to upcoming Treaty negotiations, and offers recommendations on that basis. Some of this research has been undertaken individually, and some in collaboration with colleagues or former students.

Topics: Child protection system, Criminal justice system, Dispossession, Economic prosperity, Education, Gender based violence, Treaty, Truth-telling
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Laura Griffin – Appendix A – Sue the police

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Laura Griffin – Appendix C – Still awaiting clarity

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Laura Griffin – Appendix D – Reforming police accountability

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Laura Griffin – Appendix E – Police accountability workshop report

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Laura Griffin – Appendix J – VALS Endorsement Letter

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Laura Griffin – Dispersal, defense, and dispossession

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