Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull broadens Northern Territory abuse inquiry

By Mark Kenny, Michael Koziol
Updated July 29 2016 - 8:23pm, first published 8:29am
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Brian Ross Martin as head of the royal commission into child protection and youth detention in the Northern Territory. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Brian Ross Martin as head of the royal commission into child protection and youth detention in the Northern Territory. Photo: Andrew Meares
Brian Ross Martin has been named to head the royal commission into child protection and youth detention in the Northern Territory. Photo: Andrew Meares
Brian Ross Martin has been named to head the royal commission into child protection and youth detention in the Northern Territory. Photo: Andrew Meares

A culture of racism, brutality, and official cover-up in the Northern Territory's discredited juvenile justice system will be centrally examined by a royal commission that will see politicians, including territory ministers and their senior bureaucrats, compelled to give evidence.

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