Grow your awareness of the cultural and socioeconomic issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples coming before the courts.
As Victoria begins to move towards Treaty, the Judicial College recognises the changing cultural and legal landscape for First Nations peoples and allies in this State. In 2024, our First Nations’ Twilights celebrate First Peoples’ storytelling and resilience; explores key organisations and services that act as first responders to a myriad of First Nations issues within the justice system; examines how the courts can incorporate lessons from the past into present judicial practice; and taps into an expansive view of Country’s imaginative possibilities.
This series of events is presented in partnership with the Judicial Officers’ Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Committee (JOACAC), chaired by Justice Jane Dixon and Magistrate Rose Falla.
Much has been written on the hundreds of Aboriginal lives lost to systemic racism and ongoing intergenerational trauma caused by colonisation. Recommendations abound, but what works and what doesn’t? In this Twilight event, we hear about those caught in the crossfire, positive steps that have been taken across courts to ameliorate harm and how judicial officers can continue to make a difference within the system.