If you need support in regards to domestic, family and sexual violence, please contact 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or head to www.1800respect.org.au. In an emergency, call 000
The first Territory-specific guidelines regarding reporting domestic family and sexual violence for journalists and communications officers have been launched in Mparntwe Alice Springs.
“These are the first media guidelines for the reporting of domestic, family and sexual violence in the Northern Territory. They are also among the first in the nation and they’re also among the first that exist in the world” – Research Scholar Chay Brown
Shirleen Campbell from the Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group says unethical coverage of domestic violence stems from looking at the issue through a colonised lens.