Article 6SGB6 ‘Crisis’ of domestic violence in NT needs immediate action, advocates say after landmark report released

‘Crisis’ of domestic violence in NT needs immediate action, advocates say after landmark report released

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Sarah Collard and Lorena Allam
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Northern Territory domestic homicide rate seven times the national rate, with systemic failings contributing to deaths, coroner's report finds

Women's safety advocates are urging governments and the police to take immediate action after a landmark coroner's report exposed systemic failings that contributed to the deaths of four Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory.

The NT coroner Elisabeth Armitage on Monday handed down findings into the deaths of Miss Yunupiu, Ngeygo Ragurrk, Kumarn Rubuntja and Kumanjayi Haywood, making 35 recommendations aimed at stemming what she called the epidemic of violence".

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