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Former NSW police boss to lead NT child protection review · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamiott with the
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  Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. Former New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen
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  Speaker 1: Webb will lead a review of child protection in the
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  Speaker 1: Northern Territory following the alleged abduction and murder of Kumanjite
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  Speaker 1: Little Baby. Police alleged the five year old was taken
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  Speaker 1: from the Alice Springstown camp where she lived with her
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  Speaker 1: family on Anzac Day by forty seven year old Jefferson Lewis.
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  Speaker 1: He's been charged with Little Baby's murder and is in
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  Speaker 1: police custody awaiting trial. Lewis hasn't yet been required to
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  Speaker 1: enter a plea, but is expected to defend the charges.
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  Speaker 1: The independent review, led by Karen Webb and longtime Territory
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  Speaker 1: public servant Greg Shanahan, will reportedly focus on interactions between
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  Speaker 1: Kumanji Little Baby's family and the Northern Territory's child protection system.
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  Speaker 1: The Australian revealed the girl was the subject of six
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  Speaker 1: child safety reports in the weeks leading up to her
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  Speaker 1: alleged abduction, as well as a further six reports since birth.
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  Speaker 1: It's not known how many were investigated or if the
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  Speaker 1: allegations made in the reports were substantiated. Rugby League legend
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  Speaker 1: Ivan Cleary has announced his resignation as head coach of
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  Speaker 1: the Penwrith Panthers. He'll wrap up his tenure at the
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  Speaker 1: end of next year, with Peter Wallace to take the
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  Speaker 1: reins from twenty twenty eight.
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  Speaker 2: It's a decision that obviously haven't taken lightly, but I
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  Speaker 2: have thought about for quite a long time. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like it's definitely the right thing for me, my family
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  Speaker 2: and also the club.
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  Speaker 1: Ivan Cleary led the Panthers to four straight premiership wins
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  Speaker 1: from twenty twenty one to twenty twenty four. After a
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  Speaker 1: shaky showing in twenty twenty five, they're currently on top
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  Speaker 1: of the NRL Ladder. Cleary says he's not interested in
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  Speaker 1: another head coaching role, but says he would consider a
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