@thetruism · 15d ago
Coroner links Alice Springs infant death to safe housing crisis for domestic violence victims
A Northern Territory coroner has found that a baby's death from sudden unexpected death in infancy was directly impacted by her mother being forced to live with domestic violence perpetrators due to a lack of safe housing.
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Alice Springs
Domestic violence perpetrators prior to her baby's death.
- A Northern Territory coroner ruled that a lack of safe housing forced a mother to live with domestic violence perpetrators prior to her baby's death.
- A three-month-old baby died of sudden unexpected death in infancy in Alice Springs.
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