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A report on the proposed changes to the Northern Territory's Child Protection act has been released. The reforms were put forward in the wake of the alleged abduction and murder of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby in Alice Springs in late April. After receiving 150 submissions, the Territory's parliamentary scrutiny committee has recommended the controversial bill be passed with just one minor change.

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00:02The 160-page report includes six recommendations.
00:07The first, and probably the most significant, is that the bill should pass with just one minor change,
00:13which would see a note added to one of the sections.
00:17The remaining recommendations all relate to explanatory documents,
00:21which the committee said should be provided in order to clarify how some of the changes will operate in practice.
00:27Of particular note, the committee recommended extra guidance be provided around sections which relate to the threshold requiring the removal
00:36of a child from their family
00:37and the level of involvement a child's family should have once a child is removed.
00:42These were among the most controversial changes in the bill, but despite significant opposition from stakeholders,
00:49the committee hasn't recommended any substantive changes be made.
00:53Two dissenting reports were also included by Independent Member Justine Davis and Labor MP Duran Young,
01:00who both recommended the bill not be passed.
01:03The committee received 150 submissions on the reforms.
01:07The report acknowledged many submitters either opposed the bill as currently drafted,
01:12sought clarification on how it would operate, or made recommendations to amend the bill.
01:18Parliament will return later this month.
01:20En onder turtles use the bill as, in conditionally designed
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