00:00Travis Lovett is preparing to embark on a new journey.
00:06We are walking to advocate for the Prime Minister to establish a national truth-telling process.
00:12After thousands joined his Walk for Truth in Victoria,
00:16There's messages on there.
00:18The former Yurok Commissioner wants to make the movement national by leading a walk from Melbourne to Canberra.
00:24This is not about blaming everyday Australians,
00:27but this is asking about the institutions to be accountable for the institutional harm that they have actually caused our people.
00:34Professor Megan Davis helped shape the Uluru Statement,
00:37but she isn't convinced government-led truth-telling is the answer.
00:41The pursuit of rights and structural change is the most important
00:45and I just don't think another telling of history will get you there.
00:49She's urging leaders to prioritise closing the gap outcomes.
00:53Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians, Karen Little, says she's focused on children and families.
01:00I don't know what this obsession is around incarceration rates.
01:04You know, one of the most protective factors is kids in schools, healthy kids and healthy parenting.
01:10That's what I want people to focus on.
01:12In a statement, the Federal Minister, Malindiri McCarthy, said closing the gap should be a priority for all governments at all levels
01:19and pointed to her investments in health, education, housing and jobs.
01:24We are left behind. It's not by want of us. It's by lack of action.
01:30Views on the direction may differ, but the call for change remains the same.
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