• Why the major parties won’t fix the domestic violence crisis

  • May 1 2025
  • Length: 15 mins
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Why the major parties won’t fix the domestic violence crisis

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  • Since the election was announced, just five weeks ago, at least five women have been killed by their partners in Australia. Yet this crisis has barely received a mention in either of the two major parties’ campaigns.

    Dr Tracy Westerman, a Nyamal woman from the Pilbara region of Western Australia, has worked as a psychologist in remote communities for 25 years. She says where she works, the silence from politicians has been especially deafening.

    Aboriginal women face a significantly higher risk of domestic violence, but the assumptions our political leaders draw about the causes are deeply misguided.

    Today, Dr Tracy Westerman on what’s really fuelling intimate partner violence in Aboriginal communities – and how to stop women from being killed.

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    Guest: Dr Tracy Westerman.

    Photo: AAP / Lukas Coch

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