9 hours ago, Social Media said:

 

Landmark Inquiry Concludes British Committed Genocide Against Indigenous Australians in Victoria

 

A historic Aboriginal-led investigation has concluded that British colonists committed genocide against Indigenous Australians in the state of Victoria. The Yoorrook Justice Commission, established in 2021 as Australia's first formal truth-telling inquiry, released a damning report revealing that colonisation brought about the near-destruction of Aboriginal communities through violence, disease, and systemic abuse.

 

The Commission found that the Indigenous population of Victoria plummeted by 75% within just two decades of British settlement in the early 1830s. By 1851, the number of Indigenous people had dropped from 60,000 to just 15,000. The report stated unequivocally, “This was genocide.”

 

Drawing on more than 1,300 submissions and over two months of public hearings, the Commission documented a harrowing history of atrocities including mass killings, disease, sexual violence, forced exclusion, child removals, cultural erasure, linguicide, and environmental destruction. It called for comprehensive “redress” to acknowledge and address these extensive human rights violations, including potential reparations.

 

“This report shines a light on hard truths,” said Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan, whose Labor government promised to “carefully consider” the findings and recommendations. Among the 100 recommendations made were sweeping reforms to the education system, increased support for Indigenous-led health services, and formal apologies for injustices, such as the exclusion of Aboriginal soldiers from post-war land grant programs.

 

Racism in the state’s health system was described as “endemic” by the Commission, which urged greater investment in Indigenous healthcare and stronger policies to recruit and retain Aboriginal staff.

 

Jill Gallagher, head of Victoria’s leading Aboriginal health organisation, said the Commission's finding of genocide was “indisputable.” Speaking to the ABC, she said, “We don't blame anyone alive today for these atrocities, but it is the responsibility of those of us alive today to accept that truth — and all Victorians today must accept, recognise and reconcile with these factual findings.”

 

Notably, three of the Commission’s five members — Sue-Anne Hunter, Maggie Walter, and Anthony North — did not approve of the inclusion of unspecified “key findings” in the final report. No additional explanation was given regarding their objections.

 

Despite this, the report stands as a landmark in Australia’s ongoing reckoning with its colonial past. It forms part of a broader national movement toward reconciliation, which includes treaty processes and efforts to amplify Indigenous voices in political decision-making.

 

However, progress has been uneven across the country. While similar truth-telling commissions are underway in other states and territories, some have stalled or been abandoned. In Queensland, for instance, a truth inquiry was scrapped following the election of a new Liberal-National government, replacing Labor.

 

Nationally, the question of how to meaningfully recognise First Nations peoples remains highly contested. In October 2023, Australians voted down a proposed constitutional amendment to establish the Voice to Parliament — a national Indigenous advisory body — in a divisive referendum that left many Aboriginal leaders disheartened.

 

The Yoorrook Justice Commission’s findings underscore the urgent need to confront uncomfortable truths about the foundations of modern Australia. While the inquiry focused solely on Victoria, its implications are national, challenging all Australians to engage in a process of truth, recognition, and ultimately reconciliation.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from BBC  2025-07-03

 

 

You can't hide the truth forever.

I hope the Brits will pay reparations or compensation. 👍

The whole "Sorry" movement is part of the reason why I left Australia.

The 'Welcome to Country' , the handouts, the reverse racism has got out of hand.

I lived in rural areas, where I saw first hand, the Aboriginal 'issues'.

The law-makers are generally City dwellers - many of whom have probably never met an Aboriginal. It is part of the whole "Green Feel-Good" movement.

 

This 'unbiased' Aboriginal enquiry was always going to come up with results like this.

I am surprised that the population of Aboriginals only dropped by 75%.  Through history, when Europeans invaded new countries, disease alone would generally annihilate up to 90% of the local immunologically naiive population.  

20 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

You can't hide the truth forever.

 

Already been acknowledged and apologized for.

 

20 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

I hope the Brits will pay reparations or compensation. 👍

 

Good luck with that. Labour are the only government stupid enough to consider such a thing and the Chancellor has made such a mess of the finances that she can't even sit in Parliament without shedding those Liberal tears.

 

19 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

You can't hide the truth forever.

I hope the Brits will pay reparations or compensation. 👍

 

...and the Romans should pay compensation to Britain yes?

 

Or would that be silly as no-one in Britain or Australia today is suffering the effects of being conquered by a superior force (as all nations have on this planet) and since time travel is still impossible there isn't anything anyone can do to change it.  Perhaps they (and you) should grow up and make the best of things as they are today and be grateful for the infrastructure those superior conquering forces provided.   

4 minutes ago, James105 said:

 

...and the Romans should pay compensation to Britain yes?

 

Or would that be silly as no-one in Britain or Australia today is suffering the effects of being conquered by a superior force (as all nations have on this planet) and since time travel is still impossible there isn't anything anyone can do to change it.  Perhaps they (and you) should grow up and make the best of things as they are today and be grateful for the infrastructure those superior conquering forces provided.   

Cowards to admit

 It was red jacketed troopers and upper-class nobs doing this, all fine   Englishmen working for Queen Victoria.

 

 

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

It's already been acknowledged (and apologized) for profusely.

 

https://www.aph.gov.au/Visit_Parliament/Art/Icons/Apology_to_Australias_Indigenous_Peoples

 

Now they want the cold hard cash. 💰

Cash is only one part of it. 

I lived on " Aboriginal land " in the Northern Territory for quite a few years.Want to take the kids to the beach? No problem - get a permit from the local Aboriginal land council.

Want to drive to Darwin or someplace? No problem - get a different permit from another land council, but be aware it's only valid for three days and then another one is required.

Nothing but official apartheid.

11 hours ago, Social Media said:

Indigenous Australians

They are not Australians but Aboriginal Natives.

Much like the American Indian is not American but one of the many indigenous natives such as the Black Foot, Apache and Mohawks. 

They were and are "nations" with their own languages, histories, and cultural traditions. 

In Thailand they were Malay Muslims of the Kingdom of Patani but after forced annexation into the Kingdom of Siam they became Thai Malay Muslims. 

The indigenous American tribes did sue to get Manhattan back but the court said no. 

Good to see a couple of posters have actually worked or lived with the aborigines. Having done so myself there are good ones and bad ones, just like every race. The Land Councils that I dealt with are an absolute joke with their "pay for" permissions.

The amount of support and money already spent on them is enormous and most of it goes to the bad ones that are more white than black.

Would love to tell you a joke but I would be howled down and probably banned for being racist. But it was told to me by a full blood who does not care for the part bloods that create all of the problems.

4 hours ago, G Rex said:

The law-makers are generally City dwellers - many of whom have probably never met an Aboriginal. It is part of the whole "Green Feel-Good" movement.

 

Age old movement. The lord of the manner gets to feel morally superior by giving the beggar a slice of the servants' loaf.

These guys are going to need to get in line behind the Caribbean folks who are demanding their trillions first.

Going back a few generations I've got ancestors who were sheep rustlers. Should I be worried? 😮

 

 

 

...A Common Practice Throughout History...

...And Those Murderers Usually Referred To As 'Discoverers' Or 'Pioneers' (?)

Landmark Inquiry: British Committed Genocide Against Indigenous Australians in Victoria. 

 

I think that this happened not only in Victoria .

The Australians can/will  recognize this  So called Genocide .

This may lead to a request/Demand from the Indigenous people  for Compensation from the Government.

That is wrong  the people that pay Tax Today Had nothing to do with this  so the Government Can't use todays peoples Tax money, Without Asking Permission from the people that pay todays Tax.

On 7/3/2025 at 9:20 AM, MalcolmB said:

Well that is why they slaughtered them all in the first place.

For money.

The bastards were stealing the sheep.

They were also slaughtering the settlers.

On 7/3/2025 at 9:44 AM, impulse said:

 

If not taxpayers, who, exactly, are they going to get the reparations from, and who, exactly, are they going to give it to?

 

 

 

I'm led to believe that Aussie taxpayers are already paying huge amounts every year to the Aboriginal Industry.  Numerous dodgy organisations that support aboriginals are taxpayer funded with zero accountability.  Seems a lot like reparations to me.

9 minutes ago, AboutThaim said:

I'm led to believe that Aussie taxpayers are already paying huge amounts every year to the Aboriginal Industry.  Numerous dodgy organisations that support aboriginals are taxpayer funded with zero accountability.  Seems a lot like reparations to me.

 

Same with the USA.  We've been paying reparations in the form of reverse discrimination (Affirmative Action and DEI) and perpetual welfare payments for 60 years.  That's about 3 generations.

 

It never ends, and the demands become more egregious every election cycle.  Buying votes with the promises of even more free money.  OPM, of course.

 

 

Maybe it's a good idea to pay up to all these countries for our so called bad doing.

But all these countries wanting the money, will need to hand back over all technology to the 

countries that invent it.

Then you can get back in your caves and stop your moaning.