JUSTICE FOR SHAUNA LEE ROSE HEADLAND

In Perth, the family of the late Shauna-Lee Rose Headland gathered at Supreme Court Gardens yesterday calling for an end to domestic violence against Aboriginal women.

At the same time Ms Headland’s former partner Christopher Dimer, 40, was charged with her murder.

He was not required to appear in court or enter a plea and was remanded in custody until June 29.

Outside the court Senator Dorinda Cox called for a national stand-alone plan that targets violence prevention for Aboriginal women.

“And we need to make sure that the investment in this system is in the right place,” she said.

“And it is community controlled and making sure that we are preventing and breaking the cycles for the next generation.”

Ms Headland’s funeral was a Geraldton’s Utikarra Cemetary last Friday.