Kumanjayi Little Baby’s mother was not supported to protect her children while escaping domestic violence, review finds

A public memorial for Kumanjayi Little Baby outside the Old Timers Camp in Alice Springs in May, a week after the five-year-old’s body was found. Photograph: Rhett Hammerton/AAP

Kumanjayi Little Baby’s mother was “effectively” left alone to protect her children while also experiencing domestic violence, because child protection authorities failed to adequately assess multiple threats to her safety, a draft review has found.

But the interim report, tabled in parliament on Tuesday, found that despite those conclusions, the review was unable to draw a link between the child protection referrals and the five-year-old Warlpiri girl’s death.