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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Collard and Tamsin Rose

‘Incredibly concerning’ new study highlights policing failures in deaths of Indigenous women by domestic violence

Front of Victorian coroners court
Monash University examined 151 coronial court investigations and inquests of First Nations women and girls who were killed by intimate partner violence over a 20-year period. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

A “damning” new study of the deaths of more than 150 First Nations women at the hands of their partner or former partner has found patterns of policing failures, with the lead researcher saying most were preventable.

The study by Monash University examined 151 coronial court investigations and inquests of First Nations women and girls who were killed by intimate partner violence over a 20-year period.

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