There has been a significant increase since an emergency intervention five years ago in response to a report titled Little Children are Sacred which documented widespread sexual abuse of Northern Territory children and failures by authorities to adequately respond.
5年前、ノーザンテリトリーで広く蔓延する児童虐待と当局の適切な反応の失敗について記した「幼い子どもは神聖」と題する報告書への対応として緊急介入があって以来、顕著な上昇があった。