Yoorrook Justice Commission Inquiry into Economic Prosperity - Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency

That the Yoorrook Justice Commission call upon the Victorian Government to fund an evaluation of the functioning of the financial counselling component of the scheme to assess if it is meeting the needs of the Aboriginal people who access it. [...] That the Yoorrook Justice Commission call on the Victorian Government to progress the establishment of a Return to Country program immediately, and that this includes funding for a coordinator position within an ACCO to oversee the delivery of the program. [...] The internationally accepted purpose of reparations is to “wipe out all the consequences of the illegal act and reestablish the situation which would, in all probability, have existed if that act had not been committed.21” $100 000 is a small sum compared to the missed opportunity for accruing intergenerational wealth, and most importantly the scale of the damage inflicted on the Aboriginal commun. [...] That the Yoorrook Justice Commission call upon the Victorian Government to fund an evaluation of the functioning of the financial counselling component of the scheme to assess if it is meeting the needs of the Aboriginal people who access it. [...] That the Yoorrook Justice Commission call on the Victorian Government to progress the establishment of a Return to Country program immediately, and that this includes funding for a coordinator position within an ACCO to oversee the delivery of the program.