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Respected anti-domestic violence campaigner remembered at vigil in Alice Springs
An emotional vigil has been held for R Rubuntja, the 46-year-old anti-domestic violence advocate who was allegedly murdered in an alleged domestic violence incident in Alice Springs in January this year.
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died.
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In a speech just metres away from where Ms Rubuntja lost her life outside the Alice Springs Hospital, Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group (TWFSG) co-ordinator Shirleen Campbell urged the hundreds of attendees to remember her friend as a woman who made a difference, not just as a statistic.
“We are not just numbers, we are not invisible women,” she said.
“Our sister, another one lost to us, is not…
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