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Indigenous violence and abuse: the horrific statistics behind Australia's video shame - Indigenous violence and abuse: the horrific statistics behind Australia's video ... In another, six children had committed suicide within 18 months.

Australia - Indigenous Violence -  Aboriginal traditional dancers carrying clap sticks and spears and with faces painted white with clay have traveled from ...

Action demanded on indigenous violence : A Victorian judge has demanded action to finally stop continuing violence in Australia's indigenous community while sentencing a victim of lifetime abuse to jail for fatally stabbing her partner. Veronica Jane Hudson, 43, will serve a minimum of three ... BigPond News

Tackling Indigenous family violence needs more than band-aid solutions  - Many Indigenous communities have been enduring family violence crises with ... The majority of Australia's Indigenous population reside in the latter.

Australia Considers Constitutional Recognition for Indigenous People  -  Australia's indigenous people make up less than 3% of the 23 million population, but suffer higher rates of imprisonment, domestic violence and ...

Indigenous women from around the world trying to tackle domestic violence    - For the first time in Australia , Indigenous women from around the world are meeting this week, to talk about domestic violence in their ...

Desperation is rife among Australia's indigenous peoples - ndigenous peoples are still doing poorly in wealthy Australia , as a new ... likely to be the victims of domestic violence than other Australian females, ...

Domestic violence against indigenous women is everybody's problem   - The reality for indigenous women: for me, my tiddas, my aunties is that ... and a member of the Law Council of Australia's Indigenous Legal Issues  ...

Landmark report reveals a woman dies every week due to Australia's domestic violence crisis - The AIHW compiled data from 20 major sources to build a picture of family violence in Australia . It identified six groups most at risk of experiencing some form of violence or abuse: Indigenous women, young women, pregnant women, women with disabilities, women experiencing financial hardship, and ...

David Morrison warns Australia against complacency on domestic violence  - Morrison appeared on ABC's Q&A program on Monday night along with Guardian Australia's Indigenous editor, Stan Grant; director of emergency at St ...

Critics of indigenous incarceration 'overlook family violence'  -  Indigenous affairs academic Marcia Langton said there were some parts of Australia where “rates of violence are the critical factor in disabling ...

Australia domestic violence: Aboriginal dancers highlight problem -  Aboriginal dancers travelled across Australia to highlight the "horrifying" levels of domestic violence in Outback indigenous communities. Dancers from ...

Domestic violence action plan to focus on indigenous women, kids - Seventy-five per cent of indigenous women in central Australia have reported a domestic violence incident to police in the past five years,” she said.

Supreme Court Justice Betty King calls for end to appalling violence in the ... SUPREME Court Justice Betty King has called for urgent action to bring an end to a scourge of appalling violence within Australia's indigenous community. The comments came as Justice King sentenced Aboriginal woman Veronica Hudson to a six year jail ...

Pilbara centre for Indigenous domestic violence perpetrators planned - There are plans to build the first specialist counselling centre for Indigenous perpetrators of domestic violence in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

Australia must do more to protect indigenous women: UN -  Australia is failing to protect its female indigenous people from violence , which is aggravated by high levels of inequity, the United Nations ...

Social media hurts indigenous Australians  - MALICIOUS gossip and bullying through social media is fuelling violence within Australia's indigenous communities, a social welfare advocate says.

Indigenous domestic violence concerns : The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Rashida Manjoo's most recent trip to Australia was sponsored by the Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service in Victoria. Follow us: Follow us on Facebook; Follow us on Twitter ... SBS

Indigenous health and domestic violence agencies fear they may fold following budget changes  - The Government's new $4.8 billion Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) ... safety and wellbeing, culture and capability and remote Australia strategies, they will ... lives and also compete with larger, non- Indigenous organisations.

Family violence victims speak out for those who can't at Darwin candlelight vigil - The lights illuminating the building will be turned off and candles will be burned at vigils around Australia for the women who have died due to domestic violence. The Northern Territory still has the highest rate of domestic violence in Australia — and Indigenous families are starkly over represented.