Brooke Fryer
Brooke Fryer is a reporter for the ABC's Indigenous Affairs Team. Brooke was previously a features producer for The Feed on SBS and before that a cross-platform reporter at NITV.
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analysis:Why law reform cannot be the only answer to Australia's domestic violence crisis
By Bridget Brennan and Brooke Fryer
For decades, Australia has covered its ears to the screams and cries of Indigenous women killed by their partners. What if we used this moment to listen to some of their stories, and put their needs at the centre of the national response?
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‘Predatory and disgraceful’: The man who plied teens with alcohol before doing the unthinkable
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The Indigenous Affairs Team's Brooke Fryer and Carly Williams and regional reporters Joanna Woodburn and Zaarkacha Marlan
On a road out the back of Bourke, the lives of two Indigenous teenage girls ended in 1987. They were failed by the police as the lawyer for the defendant played on racial tensions in the town.
Coroner finds racial bias affected investigation into 1987 deaths of Indigenous teens
A coronial inquest has found the predatory and horrifying behaviour of a man responsible for the 1987 deaths of Aboriginal teenagers Mona Lisa and Cindy Smith was poorly investigated by police.
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This was the moment a man who'd spent 30 years in and out of prison decided to retire
These men have all badly hurt a partner or relative. They've even done time for it, but can they change for good? The ABC has been given exclusive access to a program that is helping them turn their lives around.
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Lawyer says racism in the police force is not just 'a few bad apples'
By Brooke Fryer
Growing up, June Oscar heard racial slurs in the playground. Decades later, she says it's disturbing that such language continues to be used.
Why sharing the Survival Day spotlight with Gaza has mob talking
By the Indigenous affairs team's Carly Williams, Brooke Fryer and Stephanie Boltje
You may be wondering why the Aboriginal and Palestinian flags will fly together on Survival Day, but sharing the national spotlight with another minority group is not new for activist Paul Silva.
More than 35 years on from the deaths of Mona Lisa and Cindy, their family is still waiting for answers
It's been more than 35 years since the deaths of Mona Lisa and Jacinta "Cindy" Smith, and the family continues to question what exactly happened that night, and how their two girls ended up dead.
This man yelled 'I can't breathe' before he died. There was no global outcry
The family of an Aboriginal man who died after an incident involving two security guards says new allegations of violence in the industry show lessons have not been learnt.
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The city paying private security to patrol the streets like police
The public is paying for private security guards to patrol city streets, but they are in the dark about just what powers these guards have been given.
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The challenges of reporting on youth crime and detention in Queensland
By Brooke Fryer
Over seven months, the ABC's Indigenous Affairs Team and Background Briefing teams have been investigating youth crime in Queensland and managed to get a side of the story that's rarely heard.
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Marty woke to find three intruders in his bedroom. His story is one of hundreds from his hometown
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By the Indigenous Affairs Team's Brooke Fryer and Kirstie Wellauer and Background Briefing's Brigid Andersen
There's a common cycle for many children in this town: Crime, watch house, detention. Background Briefing investigates why.
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'Three friends of mine have been killed by their partners': Are we on track to end violence against women?
By Indigenous affairs reporter Brooke Fryer
The Albanese government allocated $194 million to prevent domestic violence against First Nations women in Tuesday's budget. With some of the highest rates of domestic violence in the world, is it enough?
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There are 'more attacks and more sightings' — but this group wants to build croc awareness instead of just 'killing them'
By Indigenous affairs reporter Brooke Fryer with photography by Brendan Esposito
Crocodile attacks are becoming more common in the country's far north — but one group says they can help stop them through education, not eradication.
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In Australia's homicide capital, there's not enough money to keep women safe
First Nations women in the Northern Territory are murdered at up to 12 times the national average. Yet, ABC's Four Corners can reveal the territory receives just 1.8 per cent of the funding designed to prevent it.
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An unspeakable crime in plain sight: The tragic story of Constance Watcho
A shocking discovery in inner-city Brisbane confirmed a family's worst fears yet four years later, Constance Watcho's death is simply listed as "suspicious" and her family is no closer to getting answers.
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'There's just silence': She fought to stop violence against women. Why didn't her murder start a movement?
By Bridget Brennan, Suzanne Dredge, Brooke Fryer and Stephanie Zillman, Four Corners
First Nations women are being murdered at up to 12 times the national average. But a Four Corners investigation reveals we will likely never know the true scale of how many First Nations women have been lost.
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