Child protection workers stood down after alleged murder of Australian child

The girl was found dead five days after she went missing from an Aboriginal town camp in Alice Springs.

Three NT child protection workers stood down after alleged murder of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby

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Three child protection staff stood down: Investigation into lead-up to Kumanjayi Little Baby death

Three people from the Northern Territory’s child protection department have been stood down as the minister launches an ...

Northern Territory government to trigger wide-reaching review into child protection system

The NT government is set to trigger a wide-reaching review of its child protection system, in the wake of the tragic death of ...

NT legal services warn child protection reforms risk ‘another Stolen Generation’

A coalition of Northern Territory legal services have warned against “kneejerk” child protection reforms which they say “risk ...

Northern Territory to launch independent review into child protection system

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Three child protection workers stood down amid Kumanjayi Little Baby investigation

The NT's child protection minister Robyn Cahill said she had asked the department for information relating to its ...

Kumanjayi Little Baby: Infant flown to Darwin with ‘suspicious’ injuries as NT child protection department in crisis

A six-week-old baby has been flown to a Darwin hospital with “suspicious” head injuries after being allowed to remain with ...
Human Rights Watch

Australia: Disproportionate Removal of Aboriginal Children

(Sydney) – Western Australia’s child protection authorities are disproportionately removing children from Aboriginal families and placing them in out-of-home care, Human Rights Watch said in a report ...