Kumanjayi Little Baby: damning report finds ‘heartbreaking’ child protection failures before five-year-old’s death
by Douglas Smith Indigenous affairs reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#795PH)
Northern Territory government announced sweeping reforms of child protection sector in May, just days after the Warlpiri girl was found dead
Warning: This article contains images of and references to Indigenous Australians who have died
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A report on the Northern Territory's child protection sector has detailed confronting" and heartbreaking" failures in the lead-up to the alleged murder of Warlpiri girl Kumanjayi Little Baby.
The five-year-old was found dead in April, five days after she was allegedly abducted from a town camp in Alice Springs.
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