‘Crisis’ of domestic violence in NT needs immediate action, advocates say after landmark report released

The NT coroner Elisabeth Armitage’s report into the deaths of four women described an ‘epidemic of violence’ in the territory. Photograph: Hamish Harty/AAP

Women’s safety advocates are urging governments and the police to take immediate action after a landmark coroner’s report exposed systemic failings that contributed to the deaths of four Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory.

The NT coroner Elisabeth Armitage on Monday handed down findings into the deaths of Miss Yunupiŋu, Ngeygo Ragurrk, Kumarn Rubuntja and Kumanjayi Haywood, making 35 recommendations aimed at stemming what she called the “epidemic of violence”.