Northern Territory

Anthony Albanese has called on the NT Government to work ‘respectfully’ with Aboriginal communities in major child protection reforms following the alleged murder of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby.

The mother of Kumanjayi Little Baby has shared a heartbreaking tribute, describing her daughter’s love of Bluey and K-pop music, while revealing her profound grief following the five-year-old’s alleged murder.

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says ‘silence is killing our babies’ as she demands ‘courage’ from governments after the alleged murder of her five-year-old niece in Alice Springs as Territory chief minister fires up.

Racism has spiked alarmingly in the wake of the alleged murder of a five-year-old girl, an Aboriginal women's group has told a federal inquiry.

The Northern Territory’s child protection crisis is deepening amid revelations that a six-week-old baby was this week flown to Darwin with ‘suspicious’ head injuries.

An Australian comedian has been stood down from his football club and received widespread backlash after he posted a ‘sickening’ TikTok video, making fun of Kumanjayi Little Baby’s disappearance.

Child welfare workers have been suspended over their handling of Kumanjayi Little Baby’s case before the five-year-old’s death, as the minister reveals she was initially told there was ‘nothing to see here’.

NT Children’s Commissioner won’t investigate what authorities knew about Kumanjayi Little Baby before her death as questions mount and the girl’s accused killer Jefferson Lewis faces court for the first time.

The man accused of murdering a five-year-old girl in Alice Springs will remain behind bars after being excused from attending his first court appearance this morning.

A former NT children’s commissioner says a number of urgent questions about Kumanjayi Little Baby’s death must be answered now.

A 47-year-old man has been charged with murder over the death of a five-year-old girl, while police have released footage of looters swarming a service station in Alice Springs.

Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy said it was not the time for a discussion about town camps. But if not now, when?

From a desperate search to violent unrest, how the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby has exposed deeper failures.

Police have revealed details of the ‘sustained’ bashing handed out to accused child killer Jefferson Lewis after he was found at an Alice Springs town camp last night before his arrest.

A riot has erupted outside the Alice Springs hospital where the man accused of murdering five-year-old girl Kumanjayi Little Baby was taken after he was arrested.