Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Our government will carefully work through the recommendations put forward. I will certainly work closely with my colleagues across the government, with the Attorney-General and with the Minister for Social Services as a starting point. We will take the time to consider the recommendations put forward.

The report makes clear the scale of the problem experienced by First Nations women—experiences of violence, compounded by racism and the very institutions that are meant to help. We know First Nations women continue to experience disproportionately high levels of violence and First Nations women are 34 times more likely to be hospitalised and six times more likely to die from family and domestic violence than non-Indigenous women across the country—horrific figures.

We are working, and determined, to turn these figures around. Strong and safe First Nations families are a key focus of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.