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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Watchdog calls to halt child protection reforms - The Untold Story

The Northern Territory government is proposing amendments to child protection laws. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

A watchdog for Australia's most vulnerable kids is demanding a government halt its plan to amend child protection laws, calling them "unwarranted and potentially discriminatory".

In documents seen by AAP, the NT government wants to make amendments to child protection laws to give courts the power to override Aboriginal Placement Principles under a "special and exceptional circumstance" provision.

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