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Price delivers a tearful speech for Kumanjayi Little Baby in the Senate.

‘She should still be here’: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price breaks down in parliament over death of niece

In an emotional speech, the NT senator used her condolence speech to demand a national reckoning over violence, neglect and abuse in Indigenous communities.

  • Rob Harris

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Lewis Jefferson has faced court for the first time, accused of murdering Kumanjayi Little Baby.

Accused Alice Springs child killer excused from first court appearance

Jefferson Lewis allegedly took Kumanjayi Little Baby from her bed at Old Times Aboriginal Camp on April 25.

  • Heather McNeill
Opposition Leader Jess Wilson with Nepean candidate Anthony Marsh.

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  • Ben Cubby and Nicole Precel
A riot broke out as community members protested outside the Alice Springs Hospital on Thursday.

Jefferson Lewis was beaten before his arrest. This is how the riot began

The disappearance and death of a five-year-old girl has sparked a violent uproar in the heart of Australia.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Hannah Murphy
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Police release CCTV footage showing an angry crowd breaking into an Alice Springs service station
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Alice Springs crowd rushes servo

Police release CCTV footage showing an angry crowd breaking into an Alice Springs service station

Kumanjayi Little Baby and Jefferson Lewis.

Jefferson Lewis charged with murder over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby

Lewis was charged on Saturday evening, a week after the young girl went missing from a camp on the outskirts of Alice Springs. 

  • Hannah Murphy
Residents of Alice Springs are reeling following an outbreak of violence over the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby.

A week on, Alice Springs is a town forever changed

The local supermarket has run out of flowers as residents pay their respects at the locked gates of Kumanjayi Little Baby’s family home.

  • Hannah Murphy