Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up almost 30% of all those hospitalised for domestic and family violence despite only making up 3.3% of the population, according to a recent examination of hospital stays.
The Australian Institute of Public Health released a report detailing that those hospitalised for family and domestic violence were 1.3 times more likely to die than those hospitalised for other reasons. 70% of those hospitalised are female.
Antoinette Braybook, chief executive of Djirra, an Aboriginal family violence prevention organization and legal service, stated that the costs of family and domestic violence against aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had been estimated in the billions and would require “all levels of government investment to change this situation for Aboriginal women.