Central Australian domestic violence advocates say the community is reeling from the second alleged DV killing in Alice springs this year. After a woman was found dead outside her home in the town's north over the weekend. The woman's partner has been arrested over her death and police say charges will be laid in the next day.
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00:00Anti-police say a 39-year-old man arrested over the weekend in Alice Springs over the
00:07death of a woman was her partner.
00:10The 41-year-old mother was found dead outside her home here behind me in Breitling when
00:16emergency services arrived at the scene at 8 o'clock yesterday morning.
00:21It's alleged her 39-year-old partner attacked her throughout the night, leading to her death.
00:27Investigations are continuing and police say while there were people around, there
00:30are no first-hand witnesses yet.
00:33Less than a month ago, a 51-year-old woman and well-known artist was found dead at the
00:38Todd River in town, making this the second suspected DV-related killing in the town
00:43this year.
00:44And advocates are saying the community is in shock and are demanding the NT government
00:49talk to services here to address what the sector has called entirely preventable deaths.
00:56Talk with us rather than against us.
00:58Allocate the $180 million that was seen and identified as the minimum response to domestic
01:05and family violence.
01:07Help us to help the women in our community to prevent these deaths.
01:13The NT chief minister has responded to questions around the alleged killing by saying that
01:18the $36 million that the government earlier this month announced from the promised election
01:24of $108 million going towards youth prevention programs is addressing the issue.
01:30She also says that the government's tough on crime laws will go some ways to address
01:35this unfolding crisis.