Former senator Natasha Stott Despoja has been appointed to head South Australia’s Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence.

The South Australian government announced plans for an inquiry in December last year, following the deaths of six South Australians from alleged family and domestic violence.

Ms Stott Despoja was the founding chair of Our Watch, a national foundation to prevent family violence, and has held several international roles promoting the rights of women and children.

The royal commission will begin in July and is expected to take 12 months.

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