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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lorena Allam Indigenous affairs editor

NT police sergeant shared photo of topless Aboriginal woman with other officers, inquest told

Alice Springs police station
The NT police commissioner has told an inquest an Alice Springs sergeant sent a photo of a ‘topless Aboriginal lady in a public place’ to a WhatsApp group with other officers. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

A Northern Territory police sergeant shared a photo of a topless Aboriginal woman with a WhatsApp group of other officers in Alice Springs, but his demotion was rescinded by the police commissioner, an inquest has been told.

The inquest into the deaths of four Aboriginal women at the hands of violent partners has been examining the responses of police and the government in the NT, which has the highest rates of domestic and family violence in Australia.

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