More than a little systemic racism strengthens the cycle of abuse, even if individual protective orders can be easily justified or the person signing off on one has only the best intentions. Otherwise, I totally agree.

For what we can do now, a shiny new Royal Commission report into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has a bunch of specific recommendations around both the justice system and First Nation peoples with disability that would be very helpful.

Given First Nations peoples under 65 have a 35% disability rate, 3 times higher than the rest of Australia, it seems a good and timely starting point.