Former Yoorrook justice commissioner says he wants to start a national discussion on a subject that is often misunderstood by the wider public
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Travis Lovett’s kangaroo skin cloak bears the words, “Truth is not about blame, it’s about healing”. It’s a message that will be delivered to Anthony Albanese via a slow, 38-day walk from Melbourne to Parliament House in Canberra, and a reminder of the importance of facing uncomfortable truths.
Lovett, a Kerrupmara Gunditjmara man, served as a commissioner and co-chair on the Yoorrook Justice Commission, the country’s first formal, Indigenous-led truth-telling inquiry. He completed the first stage of his walk for truth in May last year, when he trekked 486km from Portland in Victoria’s south-west, on Gunditjmara country, to the steps of state parliament in Melbourne.