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Exclusive: 'Her children were her world' - Family seeks answers after death of young mother separated from her kids
This report contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died, references t...
Giovanni Torre 27 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
Man who raped girl in Indigenous community sentenced to 10 years in prison
Note: this report includes references to child abuse and details readers may fin...
Dechlan Brennan 8 Oct 2026
Indigenous grants to fight online and AI-powered abuse
Indigenous-led programs to combat online abuse of women, including developing ed...
Rex Martinich (AAP) 30 Sep 2026
Aboriginal Women’s Centre must be funded by Victorian election winner - Djirra

A Victorian women's family violence organisation is calling on all major political parties to commit to funding an Aboriginal Women's Centre ahead of the state's November election.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 30, 2026
'A grand final should not make a home less safe' - action urged with family violence spike expected

Australia's Indigenous peak body for the prevention of family and domestic violence is reminding the community there's no excuse for violence as the grand final weekends approach.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 23, 2026
Indigenous peak body's membership grows ahead of nationwide community consultations

Our Ways Strong Together, the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak body working to prevent family, domestic and sexual violence (FDSV), has announced a raft of new member organisations...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 21, 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 the Gap Annual Data Compilation Report that should alarm you. Not because of what it counts.

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Olga Havnen AM Sep 17, 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
TOKO NLZ makes debut with 'Family Over Everything'

Seventeen-year-old Southeast Sydney rapper TOKO NLZ has released his debut single 'Family Over Everything', becoming the first artist to release music through Kobie Dee's new label Twenny47 Records.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 11, 2026
Yorta Yorta and Gunditjmara leader Esmai Manahan recognised for transformative work with children

Aunty Esmai Manahan was one of two MacKillop Family Services team members celebrated as award winners at the Victorian Protecting Children Awards, announced Thursday night.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 4, 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
Free family history information sessions coming to East Kimberley

Aboriginal communities across the East Kimberley will have the opportunity to explore their family history at a series of free information sessions this September.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 20, 2026
Homegrown Bidgy Fest brings a world of music to remote community

Malanga Elder MJ Jadai sits in a garden outside an art centre in Bidyadanga, a remote Aboriginal community 200 kilometres south of Broome, as women swap brightly coloured clothes and children debate w...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 30, 2026
Aboriginal women being 'racially targeted' by the system

Aboriginal women are being racially targeted by the justice system, the chief executive of a leading Victorian family violence organisation says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 29, 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
Family violence peak Our Ways Stronger Together announces new members

Peak body Our Ways Strong Together has welcomed additional members from across the country to the newly-established peak body. Our Ways Strong Together (OWST) was launched on in March by the Coalition...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 24, 2026
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