Australia risks 'dysfunction' without truth-telling on massacres, advocates say

Responding to the Guardian’s Killing Times project, campaigners and MPs say Makarrata process can pave way for proper treaty

Australia needs to embark on a journey of truth-telling over its past if it is to avoid “national dysfunction” according to human rights campaigners, MPs and social justice advocates.

Speaking in response to the Guardian Australia’s Killing Times project, which details massacres in every state and territory over more than 140 years, Indigenous voices have called for a long-term process of truth-telling that is safe and properly resourced, but which must be accompanied by structural and legal reform.

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