Anti-violence and women's advocates are calling for an immediate boost to resources, as services are stretched to breaking.
Last Monday night at Lajamanu, a remote community 870km south of Darwin, a 42-year-old Aboriginal woman was killed, allegedly stabbed by her partner. She was the seventh Aboriginal woman killed in the Northern Territory less than five months. Lauren Peric, chair of the NT Aboriginal Advisory Board on Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence, said in a statement to NITV that too many families have lost a loved one and are impacted by grief.
Services are calling on the NT Government to urgently implement the $180 million in funding for domestic, family and sexual violence services it promised ahead of the August election. The North Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Service have pledged to do whatever they can to support families and communities in Lajamanu. “This is a very sad time and we’re mindful that families are now in sorry business,” NAAFLS chief executive Cindy Torrens said.
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