NT government’s family violence response found lacking after inquest into ‘tragic’ deaths of four Indigenous women

Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has made 35 recommendations, including that the Northern Territory government fund a peak body to tackle family and sexual violence. Photograph: Amanda Parkinson/The Guardian

The Northern Territory government has been told it must overhaul its response to family violence to stop women and children being killed.

The NT coroner on Monday handed down inquest findings into the deaths of four Aboriginal women, making 35 recommendations.