Bill
Truth and Justice Commission Bill 2024
lapsed, as at 2025-07-21.
- Sponsor
- Dorinda Cox
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2024-07-02
- second reading — 2024-07-02
- other — 2025-07-21
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2024-07-02.
This bill would create a commission to investigate past and current wrongs against Indigenous Australians and report its findings to Parliament.
The commission would be made up of one member from each state and territory plus two chief commissioners, appointed jointly by the Attorney-General and the Indigenous Affairs Minister.
Most members would need to be Indigenous, and the commission must report within four years of the bill starting, unless the Senate extends that deadline.
- Establishes a Truth and Justice Commission to examine injustices against First Peoples.
- Requires the commission to report to Parliament with findings and recommendations within four years.
- Sets appointment rules including a two-year term, a maximum of two consecutive terms, and a requirement that a majority of members be First Nations people.
First Peoples in Australia, the Commonwealth government, and non-government bodies that may have caused injustices.
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