Missing and murdered Indigenous women and children
June 2024
Constance Watcho: coroner finds Brisbane death of Indigenous woman ‘suspicious’ but cause undetermined
Woman’s body found to have been ‘interfered with’ after death but insufficient evidence to identify anyone involved
May 2024
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Family violence: First Nations women 33 times more likely to be hospitalised than non-Indigenous women
Prosecutors urged to ask for female judges for Indigenous victims of violent crimes
April 2024
Aboriginal women continue to be subject to horrific violence – we cannot leave them out of the conversation
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts
Almost 30% spike in rate of Australian women killed by intimate partner last year, data shows
March 2024
Right now our Indigenous children are not safe – but locking them up is no solution
Catherine Liddle
Youth crime is escalating with rates of child removal. Early access to trusted, Aboriginal-controlled support services can keep children with families and help them thrive
October 2023
Police ‘disregard’ murdered Indigenous women and children, WA senator says
Refusal of officers to attend a public hearing on the issue is a ‘slap in the face’, Dorinda Cox says
April 2023
Indigenous mother of baby murdered by abusive partner says police failed her in ‘every way’, inquiry hears
Tamica Mullaley told committee into missing or murdered Aboriginal women and children her child would still be alive if officers ‘did their job right’
June 2022
WA government apologises for police treatment of murdered baby’s family
State attorney general John Quigley says ‘I am truly sorry’ over murder of baby Charlie, who was killed after police left him at crime scene
July 2020
Mother of murdered baby pleads for inquest to consider actions of Western Australia police
Tamica Mullaley and her family want a coroner to investigate the role of police in baby Charlie’s death
September 2015
Man convicted of murdering 10-month-old stepson found dead in prison cell
Mervyn Bell’s death is believed to be the third suicide of an Aboriginal prisoner at Western Australia’s Casuarina prison in three years, despite $5m prevention plan
