Sadly, it is a figure not dissimilar to the percentage across the entire community over the same period, where we basically lose one woman every week at the hands of their current or former partners. The number lost in the indigenous community may even be lower than the general population, when factoring in the huge disparities in socio-economic factors for a reasonable comparison.
The saddest part is the Murdoch media using it to create a false reality and sow further seeds of division, just as they use the ambition of certain figures to such ends. Which some of their readers may then spread further, just like you have recently.
On the Queen, the loss of a huge public figure, that to me, was a half decent person in a sewer that is the monarchy. Onwards to a Republic, one that Howard played a huge role in stopping us from becoming decades ago.
