The Victorian government has a responsibility to act on the recommendations of the Yoorrook Justice Commission's final report, the state's peak Indigenous legal organisation says.

Tabled in the Victorian Parliament on Tuesday, the final report from Australia's first formal truth-telling inquiry calls on the government to consider a wide range of redress measures — including land restitution, financial compensation, tax relief, and other benefits.

The Commission also revealed that from 2010 to 2023, Victoria earned $83 billion in water-related revenue, $1.89 billion from grazing and land licences, and $1 billion from resource royalties — none of which has gone to Traditional Owners.

Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) chief executive Nerita Waight described the report as the "most extensive and accurate reporting of Victoria's dark history since colonisation," saying it gives the state government no excuse not to act.

"For generations, Aboriginal people in Victoria have shared their lived experiences with government-led inquiries only for those recommendations to be ignored," she said.

Ms Waight said the report — the product of four years of truth-telling across Victoria — offers a "clear and concise pathway to ensure safety, transformation and a future where Aboriginal people and communities will have the opportunity to thrive".

The breadth of evidence across the reports is striking.

The Commission conducted 67 days of public hearings, took testimony from over 200 witnesses, and engaged with more than 2,000 people — 1,500 of them First Peoples. It also received more than 1,300 written submissions, consulted with over 9,000 individuals, reviewed nearly 10,000 state documents, and attended over 400 community events.

One key recommendation urges the state to "acknowledge the ongoing reality of legal and political pluralism in Victoria, engage with First Nations as nations, and provide the resources to support the transition to genuine nation-to-nation relationships".

Despite Premier Jacinta Allan stating the government won't rule out any of the recommendations, community trust has been undermined by delays and reversals on key reform promises.

Many of the Commission's 2023 interim recommendations remain unaddressed. The government also walked back its commitment to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14, and introduced tough new bail laws widely condemned by Indigenous advocates.

On Tuesday, Premier Allan described the report as an "incredibly powerful document," urging all Victorians to read it. Having previously acknowledged an "unbroken line" between historical atrocities and ongoing inequalities, she said her government would "take their time to consider and respond to the report".

But VALS have previously criticised her approach, saying the Premier's justice policies have "completely undermined the very principles of Yoorrook", arguing the Premier's record has been marked by "bad policy" and a "catastrophic" increase in unsentenced Aboriginal people held in prison.

Furthermore, VALS warn the state's punitive justice approach continues the same structural harms the report seeks to expose.

As the Commission states: "Systemic racism refers to laws, policies or practices that may, on their face, appear neutral, but which in practice unfairly disadvantage certain racial groups and advantage others."

"In the face of these injustices, First Peoples continue to resist State-inflicted inequality, institutional discrimination and dispossession that negatively impacts their lives and wellbeing."

Ms Waight said the Premier has a unique opportunity to lead with justice.

"As we move through Treaty negotiations and establish a permanent Aboriginal voice to Parliament, I urge the Government to remember the truths contained within the Yoorrook Justice Commission's final report," she said.

"We continue to call for investment into community-led programs and services that are based on early intervention, prevention and rehabilitation to address the injustices our people have faced since invasion."

She added that now is the time for leadership — one that chooses self-determination over delay.

"[The Premier] has an opportunity to leave a legacy of unity and cohesion, walking alongside Aboriginal communities towards self-determination," Ms Waight said.