Child abuse and neglect is being reported to authorities in the Northern Territory at almost five times the rate of any other Australian jurisdiction.
The latest available data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows 95.5 children per 1000 in the NT were the subject of an investigation or notification to child protection services in 2020/2021.
Just 31.9 per cent of cases in the NT were substantiated. In Tasmania the substantiation rate was 76.5 per cent. For all children aged 0-17 the rate of substantiated abuse and neglect per 1000 children in the NT was 26. The national average was 8.8. The Opposition Leader said he had spoken to police and social workers, some of whom were on stress leave because of the scenes they had endured.
“It’s a complete dog act to use the most vulnerable people for a political agenda which we know and we can call out as the start of the No campaign for the Voice,” she said.
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