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Exclusive: We should be horrified by what the Closing the Gap report cannot tell us
There is one particular sentence in the Productivity Commission's latest Closing...
Olga Havnen AM 17 Sep 2026
Aboriginal service welcomes Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence Commission’s latest report
Specialist Aboriginal family violence prevention and legal service SiS Tasmania...
Callan Morse 15 Sep 2026
As family violence against Aboriginal women rises, urgent investment is needed
Reliable national data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences of f...
Dechlan Brennan 11 Sep 2026
From 'No More' to The Stand: First Nations voices driving a new campaign against family violence
Note: this report contains references to domestic violence and the name of someo...
Nicole Brown 20 Aug 2026
Two national tragedies demand equal commitment to protection, justice and accountability
There are two national tragedies that have claimed Australian lives for decades....
Sean Gordon 30 Jul 2026
National Roundtable renews call for urgent action on murdered and disappeared Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children

A national roundtable of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women leaders, people with lived experience, government representatives, Aboriginal community-controlled organisations, advocates and pra...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 27, 2026
East Arnhem leaders call for united action on domestic violence

Yolŋu leaders have united in a call to tackle the scourge of domestic violence and work in close collaboration with the Northern Territory (NT) Government and NT Police.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 24, 2026
Yolŋu leaders condemn violence after teenage girl's death in Galiwin'ku

The alleged murder of a Yolŋu girl in East Arnhem Land in a suspected domestic violence incident has prompted community leaders to speak out against the "completely unacceptable" issue of violenc...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 9, 2026
Grassroots boxing program highlights need for trauma recovery support in NT

A grassroots non-contact boxing program in Darwin is showing the need for trauma recovery programs that are built around local communities in the Northern Territory.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 18, 2026
Vicky Welgraven AM joins White Ribbon’s Workplace Accreditation Panel

White Ribbon Australia has appointed Vicky Welgraven AM to its Workplace Accreditation Panel, strengthening the national program's governance and cultural expertise.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 16, 2026
'Stamp it out': Communities leading programs to end family violence

Horsham-based Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-operative says it will do everything in their power to end family violence in their community, as ACCOs across Victoria work to achieve the same.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jun 12, 2026
Sentence of West Arnhem Land man who killed his wife to be appealed

The Northern Territory's Director of Public Prosecutions will appeal against the sentence imposed on a West Arnhem Land man who fatally stabbed his wife on the Darwin Esplanade three years ago.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 12, 2026
42 per cent of Indigenous survivors of domestic and family violence unable to access emergency accommodation

National data has exposed deep inequities in access to support for victim-survivors of family and domestic violence, highlighting the disproportionate impact on First Nations communities, and how many...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 13, 2026
Indigenous children's peak advocacy body disturbed by leaking of information regarding the family of Kumanjayi Little Baby

SNAICC - National Voice for our Children has called for an immediate investigation into the leaking of confidential information relating to child protection notifications involving Kumanjayi Little Ba...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 6, 2026
Calls to better support Aboriginal people at risk of family violence

SiS Tasmania has called on the Tasmanian Government to do more to support Aboriginal people exposed to family violence - particularly women, children and families.

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 5, 2026
WA Centre for Rural Health and Bundiyarra Aboriginal Community unite to prevent family violence in the Mid West

The Western Australian Centre for Rural Health and Bundiyarra Aboriginal Community (Aboriginal Corporation) have signed a landmark partnership agreement to work together to prevent family violence by...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 23, 2026
Exclusive: Homeless after eviction, First Nations mother dies two weeks after giving birth

This report contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died. Mary Ann Miller gave birth to her seventh child at Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital in March.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Apr 21, 2026
You cannot police your way out of violence when the police are part of the problem

The South Australian Government's announcement of a new reporting pathway for domestic violence allegedly committed by police officers is being framed as a step forward.

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