The deaths of four Aboriginal women examined by a major coronial inquest were equally horrific. But none garnered national attention for very long.
Kumarn Rubuntja was a "good and kind woman", who was "really smart" and "liked to go out bush … taking all the children out to the swimming holes", the Northern Territory coroner has heard.A Northern Territory police officer said violence has become "accepted" in the community
Ms Ragurrk died after a long, brutal, and very public violent attack was carried out by Garsek Nawirridj. "We see domestic homicides in the Northern Territory, and you just see a small article in the local newspaper or a small segment on the nightly news." Senior Constable Wallace, an Arrernte man who polices on his own Country in Alice Springs, told the coroner the "frequent" and "high level" of violence he saw in the community was like nothing he had seen before — even after policing in Nauru, the Solomon Islands, Melbourne and Sydney.
"Aboriginal women may not have the formal qualifications, but are qualified in their own right," Ms Arabie said.
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