Dozens of MPs and senators from across the political spectrum came out with the Prime Minister to show their respect and support for the walk, which passed through Benalla on the way to the ACT.
Mr Lovett said he brought a simple and serious request to Canberra.
“That this nation establishes a national truth-telling process, built in genuine partnership with First Peoples, strong enough to listen, brave enough to remember and honest enough to help this country heal,” he said.
Throughout the National Walk for Truth, more than 6000 people of all ages, backgrounds and beliefs journeyed together, deep in conversation about the need to formally collate the truth of how colonisation impacted First Nations People, and how its ongoing effect is still being experienced today.
From the suburbs of Melbourne, to small regional towns, there was resounding support.
Supporters say the Walk for Truth is not a call to change Australia’s history; it is a call to add the honest truth of First People’s lived experience since colonisation.
As The Walk for Truth reached its final destination, there were supportive actions right across Australia: from Perth to Brisbane and small communities such as Kangaroo Island.
A supporter, Benalla’s Rhona Rose, said that 13,200 people had already signed an open letter calling for a national truth-telling process.
People can read the letter and add their names to it via walkfortruth.com/pledge
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