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NT child abuse reports skyrocketing, children’s commissioner report shows
Almost 1,800 children have been abused or neglected in just one year in the Northern Territory, and Territory Families failed to protect almost a quarter of them from more abuse, a new report has revealed.
The NT children’s commissioner has released her annual report, finding that the number of notifications potential harm to children has more than doubled in the past five years.
Last year alone, there was a 20 per cent spike in reports, with 20,465 notifications received by…