00:00Travis Lovett is preparing to embark on a new journey.
00:05We are walking to advocate for the Prime Minister to establish a national truth-telling process.
00:12After thousands joined his Walk for Truth in Victoria...
00:16There's messages on there.
00:18...the former Uruk Commissioner wants to make the movement national by leading a walk from Melbourne to Canberra.
00:24This is not about blaming everyday Australians,
00:27but this is asking about the institutions to be accountable for the institutional harm that they have actually caused our people.
00:34Professor Megan Davis helped shape the Uluru Statement,
00:37but she isn't convinced government-led truth-telling is the answer.
00:41I'm not aware of any national push to create a truth commission.
00:46The pursuit of rights and structural change is the most important,
00:51and I just don't think another telling of history will get you there.
00:55She's urging leaders to prioritise closing the gap outcomes.
01:00Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Keren Little, says she's focused on children and families.
01:06I don't know what this obsession is around incarceration rates.
01:10You know, one of the most protective factors is kids in schools, healthy kids and healthy parenting.
01:16That's what I want people to focus on.
01:18In a statement, Federal Minister Malindiri McCarthy said closing the gap should be a priority for all governments at all levels,
01:25and pointed to her investments in health, education, housing and jobs.
01:30Improving the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is a continuous challenge for communities,
01:36activists, governments and politicians.
01:39Since the loss of the voice referendum, Indigenous Affairs has slipped from the national agenda,
01:44and there's still no one clear path forward.
01:48We are left behind. It's not by want of us. It's by lack of action.
01:53Views on the direction may differ, but the call for change remains the same.
02:00The main reason is that you all tend to need to be a problem.
02:03The main reason is that it is not only within the bank,
02:04people focus on the students, people focus on the social media,
02:05and the private sector can be aă and a few thousand times,
02:07but the way it utilizes the public sector can be fixed.
02:08The lack of attention is that they can be maintained,
02:10and the lack of attention is that they can have access to the public sector.
02:11And as I talked about thejÄ, the way it's a key element associated with the community,
02:13and the lack of attention is that they are a key element of our own leadership.
02:15They are working in many different communities,
02:16So we can't be able to have a zero point.
02:20Even though the number of people think about the students,
02:22have been able to ensure a difference between the past.
02:25One of thecellies that we can have to consider legal action of the country play,
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