8 February 2025
More on Guardian Australia (Ella Archibald-Binge) in December; goes into First Nations reactions:
'I think the ability of this inquiry to exert our independence, to do the work that we thought was in the public interest and prioritising the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, was perceived by them as a threat.' (Inquiry Chair Joshua Creamer)
'We’ve already seen generations of our elders pass without being able to have that opportunity to have some sort of conscious healing, and for those now that are ageing, it’s definitely disappointing.' (Dale Ruska, Director, Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders in Council Corporation)
Guardian Australia in February mentions disappointment of First Nations Patsy Brown at ending of the Inquiry.
New Queensland Premier David Crisafulli says his government will do what it said it will do. No surprise then that, even before Ministers were sworn in, the government has confirmed that truth-telling in Queensland will be stopped in its tracks.
The fullest report was in the National Indigenous Times from Dechlan Brennan. Main points:
Abolition of the Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry, repeal of the Path to Treaty Act, cancellation of truth-telling events in December.
Premier doesn't want to make it a 'divisive issue' and cancellations 'will be done with respect and decency'; truth-telling is not something 'that unites the community'.
Inquiry Chair Joshua Creamer was waiting to hear officially but will pause work in meantime.
Mr Creamer said 'people sharing their stories to capture an accurate history of our state is not divisive'; permanently stopping the inquiry would be 'a lost opportunity'.
In September, Mr Creamer summarised the first hearing of the inquiry, as representative government saying, 'we failed you for 160 years in various forms'.
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