We too acknowledge 40 the Wurundjeri people and all the First Nations of the State of Victoria who are looking to work with this Commission to aid their dealings with the State government and to others and to ensure that the truth is told in this place. [...] You will recall the ready admission by various Ministers of the Crown that this legacy compels the State as beneficiary of multiple acts of violence and 30 dispossession and as a recipient of the extraordinary wealth that accompanied that dispossession to secure the economic prosperity and wellbeing of First Peoples. [...] Today we commence with the topic of health and a panel discussion on the aspirations and shortcomings of Closing the Gap and the review of the recent Productivity Commission. [...] 15 MR MCAVOY SC: The natural corollary of the observation you have just made is that the people who are in the decision-making roles, the departmental Secretaries and the Ministers, the Members of Cabinet, are not able necessarily to see the discriminatory effect of policies and programs. [...] So where is the parity? Where do you get the parity of decision-making and the balance and self-determination when we are not even at parity and able to deliver and work at the same speed and have the same workforce needs as government has? So there definitely needs to be a shift.
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