Dorinda Cox asks ‘what will it take to have change?’ as Alison Bairnsfather-Scott says ‘Australia has really let us down’
Alison Bairnsfather-Scott, a Noongar woman who submitted evidence to the inquiry about the murder of her sister Jessica, says the report’s recommendations are ‘toothless’.Alison Bairnsfather-Scott, a Noongar woman who submitted evidence to the inquiry about the murder of her sister Jessica, says the report’s recommendations are ‘toothless’.because it does not do enough to address the “absolute crisis levels of violence” that families and advocates spoke of.
“When you sit in front of people and you can hear how much pain they’re in, it’s the right thing to do. Bairnsfather-Scott, who is an anti-violence advocate, said the recommendations in the report were “toothless”, out of touch with what was going on in communities and said nothing about important subjects such as the courts, prisons, child protection and housing.
“People weren’t interested in it, or even knew it was going on,” she said. “I really struggle with things like this. Don’t tell me ‘we care’ when this is what we see. Djirra, the specialist Indigenous advocacy service, said the inquiry was an important first step in drawing attention to the “epidemic of the murder and brutal disappearance of First Nations women and children across this country”.
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