First Nations murder investigations probedA Senate parliamentary inquiry will examine the policing processes used in First Nations murder and missing persons investigations. Greens senator and Yamatji-Noongar woman Dorinda Cox helped secure the support of the Senate to establish the inquiry, which will examine the policing processes used in the investigations (ABC). The former WA police liaison officer said the inquiry would collect data to assess the disparity in resources allocated to cases involving First Nations women and children. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 11 times more likely to die due to assault than non-Indigenous women and are hospitalised due to family violence-related assaults at 32 times the rate of non-Indigenous women. The inquiry will look to identify “concrete and effective” actions to remove systemic causes of all forms of violence against Aboriginal women and children.

Source: Stuff November 26, 2021 02:04 UTC