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Lloyd Jones

Child protection fix only part of family violence issue

Kumanjayi Little Baby's body was found five days after she was allegedly abducted in April. (Rhett Hammerton/AAP PHOTOS)

A fix for a territory's child protection system cannot be viewed in isolation from poverty and inadequate housing when it comes to the drivers of family violence, Aboriginal advocacy groups say.

A damning report into the Northern Territory's child protection department, tabled in parliament on Tuesday, found "extensive failings" in the lead-up to the alleged murder of a five-year-old girl in an outback town.

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