Kumanjayi Little Baby should still be here. A little girl in Alice Springs had a future ahead of her — a childhood filled with love, safety, dreams, and opportunities. Instead, her life was taken, and a family and community are left carrying unimaginable pain.

This cannot become another story that fades away. We must do more to protect children and prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again.

Children deserve stronger protection systems, stronger action when warning signs appear, and laws that place the safety of children first. People who commit serious crimes against children should face strong consequences and be kept away from society so they cannot harm other children again.

No child should live in fear. No family should have to experience this pain. Kumanjayi Little Baby mattered, and her life should never be forgotten.