NT Royal Commission: Child protection system 'broken', department should be closed

By Damien Murphy
Updated October 14 2016 - 11:13pm, first published 5:05pm
The Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory was told by several speakers at a public meeting in Darwin that the Department of Families and Children was "broken" and should be shut. Photo: Glenn Campbell
The Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory was told by several speakers at a public meeting in Darwin that the Department of Families and Children was "broken" and should be shut. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Welfare worker Lindsay Ah Mat was one of several speakers at a public meeting called by the royal commission to attack NT politicians. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Welfare worker Lindsay Ah Mat was one of several speakers at a public meeting called by the royal commission to attack NT politicians. Photo: Glenn Campbell

Eighty per cent of boys at the controversial Don Dale Youth Detention Centre had been sexually abused prior to their incarceration.

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