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Submission to the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory 2016

February 2023

DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.22364.05761

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Penny Taylor

University of Tasmania

Daphne Habibis

University of Tasmania

Catriona Elder

The University of Sydney

Maggie Walter

University of Tasmania

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