LAW IN ORDER PTY LIMITED

And in so appearing I would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land in which we meet, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation and I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, 40 and I extend that respect to all First Nations people here today and express our gratitude for our inclusion in ceremony this morning, if it please the Commission. [...] Because as the work of the Commission has made very clear, our history continues 10 to live on in our present and I want to acknowledge there is an unbroken line between the dispossession and violence of the past and the lives of First Peoples today. [...] JACINTA ALLAN: The wording of that paragraph was intended to acknowledge that alongside the impact of dispossession from land and I would include water in that, in terms of the connection of land and water and how it relates to wealth and the transfer of wealth. [...] And the engagement the Commission and I had speaks to that and speaks to the importance of making sure that the record out of this process is first embedded in our community's understanding. [...] MR McAVOY SC: You can understand, however, Premier, that amongst the other 35 concerns about the non-performance that has been the subject of evidence in this Commission, that the Commissioners might properly be worried about whether the State and the agencies of the State can make the shift in culture that is necessary to fully embrace the notions of self-determination.