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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-surviv...
Giovanni Torre 13 May 2026
Price plea to end 'racism of low expectations'
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says Australia can no longer "hide behind race"...
Calls to better support Aboriginal people at risk of family violence
SiS Tasmania has called on the Tasmanian Government to do more to support Aborig...
Callan Morse 5 May 2026
'In the name of all our women and girls whose lives were stolen, we call for justice'
Note: this article contains references to assault and abuse which some readers m...
Hannah McGlade 2 May 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 Communi...
Giovanni Torre 23 Apr 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.

National forum to advance Indigenous-led solutions to family violence

The Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS) will host its fourth national gathering in Magandjin / Brisbane in May, bringing together reform advocates from across Australia to adv...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 14, 2026
Community leadership will make our communities safer

Domestic, family and sexual violence remains one of the most urgent challenges in Australia. Yet despite strong community leadership, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities too often lack t...

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Donnella Mills Mar 31, 2026
Funding boost for Indigenous-led research on family violence and child removals

First Nations-led research out of the University of Melbourne will strive to form a better understanding of families impacted by family violence, supports available to them, and the intersection of ch...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Mar 26, 2026
New Indigenous-led peak body aims to turn tide on family violence crisis

In the face of a scourge of violence that sees First Nations women experience violence at overwhelmingly disproportionate rates, a new peak body, bringing together the perspectives of Aboriginal commu...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 24, 2026
Firefly First Nations Fund launched to support women and children escaping domestic violence

Women's Community Shelters has launched its Firefly First Nations Fund following International Women's Day, aiming to provide immediate and culturally safe support for First Nations women and children...

Alexandra Giorgianni Alexandra Giorgianni Mar 18, 2026
Life sentence for 'monster' who murdered Ms Woodley

Note: This report contains distressing details, and images of an Indigenous person who has died. The man who murdered Indigenous woman Ms Woodley in her Boorloo/Perth home has been jailed for more tha...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 5, 2026
Our self-determined leadership and knowledge is critical to ending violence against women

The historic launch of the first dedicated national plan on violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Canberra this month marked a decade of campaigning led by First Nations wome...

Katherine West Health Board backs greater urgency, more action to implement Coroner's domestic violence recommendations

The Katherine West Health Board has welcomed the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory's report card assessing progress made against the Coroner's Inquest into the deaths of four Abo...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 16, 2026
Aboriginal Family Legal Services steps up campaign to end family and domestic violence

The Ochre Ribbon Campaign marks its 11th year this week with a nationwide campaign running February 12-19 raising awareness about the devastating impacts of family and domestic violence on Aboriginal...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 13, 2026
WA Police investigate death of woman in Albany

WA Police are investigating the death of a woman in Albany. National Indigenous Times understands the woman, aged 69, was Indigenous. Homicide Squad detectives are investigating her death which occurr...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 13, 2026
Advocates urge long-term funding to ensure new violence prevention strategy delivers lasting change

Advocates and legal groups have welcomed a new national strategy to end violence against First Nations women and children, but say long-term funding is needed, as the Coalition raises concerns that ke...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 10, 2026
Aboriginal health alliance questions NT’s domestic violence response

There is inconsistent, partial, and at times absent alignment between the recommendations made by the Northern Territory Coroner into the "national shame" of domestic violence and the NT government's...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 10, 2026
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