A Senate inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children is meeting in Darwin today to hear from grieving families, after a 2022 Four Corners program uncovered scores of unsolved cases.
A Senate inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children is sitting in Darwin today to hear from grieving families and organisations working to reduce harm in the community.
The committee will consider, among other issues, the number of First Nations women and children who are missing and murdered, and the current and historical ways these deaths have been investigated.One group of Australian women are being murdered up to 12 times the national average. Why isn't it being treated as a crisis?
The coroner, Elisabeth Armitage, examined the responses of institutions such as police and emergency services to the "domestic violence epidemic" being experienced in the NT, which has the highest rates of domestic, family and sexual violence in the country.
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