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  1. NT tables Kumanjayi Little Baby child-protection review with 45 reforms, all accepted

    Northern Territory Children and Families Minister Robyn Cahill on Tuesday tabled an independent review by former NSW police commissioner Karen Webb and senior public servant Greg Shanahan into the child-protection system before the death of five-year-old Warlpiri girl Kumanjayi Little Baby. She was allegedly abducted from an Alice Springs town camp in April and found dead five days later; 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis has been charged with murder and has not yet entered a plea. The report said the department had known the family since the mother's pregnancy, received 14 domestic-violence-related notifications over six years, and still had 'serious gaps' such as failing to background-check carers; it proposed 45 reforms for a 'whole-of-system reset', all of which the government accepted.

    Oct 20, 2026 Afternoon