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A former commissioner from Victoria’s Yoorrook Justice Commission is calling on the federal government to establish a national truth-telling body. Last year Kerrupmara Gunditjmara Travis Lovett walked more than 500 kilometres across Victoria to draw attention to the commission's work. This year he's recreating the "walk for truth" from Melbourne to Canberra's parliament house.

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00:00The National Walk for Truth is an opportunity to bring all Australians together, to talk
00:07about truth and talk about the lived experiences of First Peoples, not only in the state of
00:14Victoria but right across the nation.
00:16Our people have always advocated for the truth to be shared as well and I think the walk
00:22is, as I said, an opportunity to bring everyone together.
00:26We'll be stopping at locations of significance to First Peoples.
00:30We won't be shying away from the hard traumas that our people have been through.
00:33We'll be stopping at sites of trauma but also the strength and resistance and the contributions
00:38that our people have made to this country, we'll be looking to highlight that.
00:42So again, we are opening that opportunity up for all Australians to come and walk with us.
00:48This is not about blaming everyday Australians but this is asking about the institutions
00:53to be accountable for the institutional harm that they have actually caused our people.
00:59And this is what we do.
00:59We walk to bring people together so they understand our lived experience and also have traditional
01:09owners be able to share those experiences.
01:12Myself as a person being able to walk 850 kilometres is a long way but my role is to open up the opportunity
01:19for our local TOs in each location to be able to share their knowledge, their wisdom and
01:25their lived experience with everyday Australians who come and join us on the walk.
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