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Chelsea Heaney and Andrew Stafford

'Viscerally sick': child protection reforms under fire

Changes to child protection laws in the NT come just months after the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby (Rhett Hammerton/AAP PHOTOS)

Controversial child protection laws have sparked claims a five-year-old girl's tragic death has been politicised as a government ushers in reforms that "insult" Aboriginal people.

The Northern Territory government has come under fire for what it has described as the most significant overhaul in a generation of its child protection system, months after Kumanjayi Little Baby's alleged abduction and murder.

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