The Northern Territory Coroner has issued a stark warning about the prevalence of domestic violence against Aboriginal women, calling for urgent change after a year-long inquiry into the deaths of four women.
The Northern Territory Coroner has handed down her findings into the killing of four Aboriginal women by their partners. After a year-long inquiry, Elisabeth Armitage has painted a bleak picture of 'relentless violence' against women and children, with frontline agencies overwhelmed and underfunded. She has now made 35 recommendations calling for change. It's been one of the most comprehensive probes into domestic violence in the Northern Territory 's history.
For the past 18 months, Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has heard from 95 witnesses, examining the deaths of four Aboriginal women who were killed by their partners. 'Each death examined in this inquest was preceded by years, decades even of other acts of harassment, control and violence. In the territory, the rates of reported domestic violence are more than three times the national average, and less than 10 per cent of all incidents of domestic violence are ever reported to the police.'There have been 87 deaths since 2000 - 82 of them First Nations women – and nine in the past year alone. The rates of reported domestic violence are three times the national average – yet only ten per cent are reported to the police.'Not only is the violence more relentless in the Territory, it is more vicious. More weapons are used, and the injuries inflicted in victims result in high rate of hospitalisation. Domestic and family violence is present in our homes, on our streets, in our shopping centres and parks, on our beaches, and at our bus stop
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