Three child protection workers in the Northern Territory have been stood down pending an investigation into “actions taken, or not taken” in relation to the case of Kumanjayi Little Baby, with the minister suggesting generally there was a reluctance to remove Aboriginal children from their homes “for fear of being accused of creating another stolen generation”.
Five-year-old Warlpiri girl Kumanjayi Little Baby, a name used in line with cultural tradition after her death, was reported missing by her mother in the early hours of Sunday 26 April, about two hours after she had been put to bed in a home at the Old Timers/Ilyperenye town camp in Alice Springs.
