Jacinta Allan says failure of voice referendum hardened her resolve to ‘present the facts’ about impacts of colonisation
Jacinta Allan will become the first premier to appear at the Yoorrook Justice Commission, Australia’s first Indigenous-led truth-telling inquiry.Jacinta Allan will become the first premier to appear at the Yoorrook Justice Commission, Australia’s first Indigenous-led truth-telling inquiry.had strengthened her resolve to help “present the facts” about the state’s history and inequalities faced by the First Nations people.
Speaking to Guardian Australia ahead of her appearance at Yoorrook, the nation’s first Indigenous-led truth-telling inquiry, Allan said after the referendum defeat she was “more determined to work incredibly hard”.“In being leaders in the community, it is incumbent upon us to explain what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, why the impact of colonisation continues today to see such high levels of disadvantage across a whole range of different sectors: education, justice system, health.
“At times, that truth-telling has been challenging, challenging for governments, challenging for organisations and institutions, but it must be done because we can’t have treaty without telling the truth about how our state was colonised.”
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