00:02A tragic case and sadly not an isolated one.
00:05That's how the Northern Territory's Minister for Children and Families
00:09has ascribed to the Department's care of Kumanjai Little Baby,
00:12which has been laid bare in an independent review.
00:15In April, the five-year-old girl was abducted from the old-timers town camp in Alice Springs
00:20before allegedly being murdered by 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis.
00:24Almost six months on, the final report into the Department of Children and Families handling of the case
00:29will be handed down in the Northern Territory Parliament.
00:31Led by former New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb
00:35and long-standing NT Senior Public Servant Greg Shanahan,
00:39the review is expected to make more than 40 recommendations in the child protection space.
00:43The Territory's Minister for Children and Families, Robin Carl,
00:46says the report is incredibly extensive
00:49and that it identifies systemic problems and a lack of leadership
00:52in the Department of Children and Families.
00:55An interim review in July found Kumanjai Little Baby's family
00:58had been subject to several child protection notifications.
01:02It also made seven recommendations,
01:04including calling for a complete reset of the Department's operating model.
