How Indigenous women have become targets in a domestic violence system intended to protect them
- Written by Heather Douglas, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
Indigenous people make up just 4.2% of the Queensland population, but are the subjects of 21% of domestic violence protection order applications.Shutterstock
A domestic violence protection order is the most common legal response to domestic and family violence in Australia. Every year, Queensland courts issue about 25,000 orders to protect people...