‘We need to stand up’: NT Indigenous leaders are determined to bring down domestic violence rates

Western Arrrernte woman Doreen Carroll Nungurla says too many children are growing up experiencing family violence, leading many to turn to the streets for safety. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Like many towns and cities in Australia, almost everyone in Alice Springs has a story of someone they know or love being the victim of domestic violence.

One of those people is great-grandmother Doreen Carroll Nungurla, who lost a family member when she was a young child.