Post by The Australian National University

“When we talk about truths, we don't want to take away from anybody else's truth,” says Minda Murray, a PhD candidate who also works at the ANU Centre for Indigenous Policy Research. “But it is really important to recognise the past injustices and the suffering that our people have gone through in the process of colonisation.” Minda, a proud Yorta Yorta and Duduroa woman, joined the Walk for Truth alongside many other First Nations people and allies this Reconciliation Week to call for a national commitment to truth-telling. Minda likens the process of truth-telling to the Japanese art of kintsugi, where broken ceramics are pieced back together with gold lacquer. “That's the journey. And the fact that it's got a golden crack through it draws attention to the fact that it was broken but healed, and now it's a thing of beauty." Read more: quicklink.anu.edu.au/orcg