Truth and Justice Commission back on the agenda

Greens Senator for Western Australia, Dorinda Cox, plans to reintroduce her bill for a Truth and Justice Commission later in the year.

And after the thumping victory by Labor at the recent Federal election she said she hoped they would support it.

“Labor do have the ability, it’s only going to take courage,” Senator Cox told the ABC’s Indigenous Affairs Team.

“The failed Voice referendum meant that we needed to pivot into a new chapter, and truth-telling and treaty are the new chapter.

“If Labor is really serious about supporting First Nations rights … they will deliver on those issues.

“I hope they would be brave enough.”

Marion Scrymgour, Labor’s recently appointed special envoy for remote communities, has recently told the ABC she was looking forward to speaking with the prime minister about progressing key elements of the Uluru Statement.

“Our communities want healing,” she said.

“They want to heal with this country and move forward,”

The bill Senator Cox hopes to get passed would establish a national body to investigate and put on the record historical and ongoing injustices against First Nations Australians.