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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Collard

Indigenous woman dies weeks after giving birth and being evicted from public housing: ‘She was failed completely’

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Mary Ann Miller died in hospital on 28 March after being evicted from public housing in February. Photograph: Supplied

The family of an Aboriginal mother of seven who died just weeks after giving birth say the Western Australian government knew she was experiencing domestic violence and fearing for her safety weeks before her death.

Mary Ann Miller died of sepsis in Fiona Stanley hospital on 28 March, two weeks after giving birth to her son and after she was allegedly assaulted and had her nose broken by her former partner. Guardian Australia is not suggesting the alleged assault contributed to her death.

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