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(A)manda Parkinson

UNBELIEVABLE: Warning discriminatory changes target aboriginal kids - The Untold Story

The vast majority of children in care in the Northern Territory are Aboriginal. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Proposed changes to child protection laws affecting Aboriginal children are discriminatory and "extremely concerning", experts in the sector say.

According to documents seen by AAP, the Northern Territory government is planning to amend child protection laws to give courts and the Department of Children and Families powers to override national guidelines under the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle. 

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