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Funeral held for Australian Indigenous girl whose death sparked outback riots
Mourners wore pink and heard the mother’s words as a 47-year-old man faces murder charges in the girl’s death.
- On Saturday, hundreds of mourners gathered at the Garden Cemetery in Alice Springs for the funeral of Kumanjayi Little Baby, many wearing pink to honour the five-year-old's favourite colour.
- The five-year-old was found dead south of Alice Springs on April 30, prompting an intensive search; 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis was subsequently charged with her murder.
- Grandfather Robin Japanangka Granites opened the service to the public, telling attendees, "You come because you are one of our family," as the community observed 'sorry business,' the traditional Indigenous mourning period.
- Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy and family member Jacinta Nampajinpa Price attended the service, where mother Jacinta Roy urged attendees to remember her daughter for who she was.
- An independent review led by Karen Webb and Greg Shanahan recommended sweeping changes to the Northern Territory child protection system, finding workers repeatedly failed to adequately assess safety threats to the child's family.
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‘My heart breaks into a million pieces’: A community remembers Kumanjayi Little Baby
The rain started midway through a choir singing a Christian hymn in the Walpiri language, as hundreds of mourners gathered to honour Kumanjayi Little Baby on Saturday
·North Sydney, Australia
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Funeral held for Australian Indigenous girl whose death sparked outback riots
Mourners gathered in Australia's Northern Territory capital Alice Springs on Saturday to bid farewell to a five-year-old Indigenous girl whose death in April shocked the nation and sparked violent clashes in the outback town.
·London, United Kingdom
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Total News Sources15
Leaning Left5Leaning Right3Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution39% Left, 38% Center
Bias Distribution
- 39% of the sources lean Left, 38% of the sources are Center
39% Left
L 39%
C 38%
R 23%
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