I’d like to share a few uncomfortable truths: Australia’s violent crisis | Antoinette Braybrook

Why is Australia still so incapable of responding to Aboriginal women in need?

This Ochre Ribbon Week, I’d like to share a few uncomfortable truths.

Violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is a national emergency. We are 32 times more likely to be hospitalised as a result of family violence and 10 times more likely to die from a violent assault than non-Indigenous women.

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