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'Happening behind closed doors every day': Hundreds mourn Jayda Allen Bonner at vigil
Warning: This story contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has...
Man charged with murder over 16-year-old girl's death in remote NT community
Police have charged a man with murder in relation to the death of a 16-year-old...
Dechlan Brennan 15 Oct 2026
The PNG Chiefs must do more to support women facing a domestic violence crisis
In 2028, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Chiefs will make their highly anticipated Na...
Open justice, victim safety debate as NT considers changing suppression order laws
The Northern Territory Government's proposal to allow the public naming of accus...
Dechlan Brennan 14 Oct 2026
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 has welcomed the Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence Commission's third report.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 15, 2026
As family violence against Aboriginal women rises, urgent investment is needed

Reliable national data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences of family and domestic violence remains limited and "insufficient", while First Nations women murdered by their partners con...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 11, 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 someone who has died. For 20 years, the words "No More" have carried a powerful message across the Northern Territory —...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Aug 20, 2026
Two national tragedies demand equal commitment to protection, justice and accountability

There are two national tragedies that have claimed Australian lives for decades. Women continue to be killed through domestic and family violence.

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Sean Gordon Jul 30, 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
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