Legal and child advocates have criticised the changes, which include eroding the Aboriginal child placement principle, as ‘dangerous, ignorant and wrong’ ...

Here's what you need to know about the proposed changes to the NT child protection legislation, introduced into parliament on Wednesday.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle was designed to prevent forced separations and combat the ...

The Northern Territory Government has announced plans for sweeping reforms to child protection laws that some organisations argue will remove the principle that ensures connection to culture and ...

The Northern Territory Government has unveiled a landmark legislative overhaul aimed at giving caseworkers more powers to remove vulnerable children, with the Bill asserting that a child’s race or ...

The NT government has revealed the scope of a review into the territory's child protection system, and announced that it will be led by retired NSW police commissioner Karen Webb and long-standing ...

Three people from the Northern Territory’s child protection department have been stood down as the minister launches an external investigation into events in the lead-up to the death of five-year-old ...