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Laine Clark

'Failing us': commissioner quits over child safety laws

NT Children's Commissioner Shahleena Musk has resigned over controversial child protection changes. ((A)manda Parkinson/AAP PHOTOS)

Controversial reforms have triggered the resignation of a children's commissioner amid claims a territory's government is failing First Nations people.

The Northern Territory government has been urged to pause a child safety bill, introduced in the wake of an Indigenous girl's death, after sparking fears it will repeat structural failures that led to the tragedy.

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