Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory
The Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory was a royal commission established in 2016 by the Turnbull government following the Australia's Shame episode of ABC's Four Corners which exposed child abuse within the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre near Darwin, Northern Territory. The commission was empowered by Letters Patent and the Royal Commissions Act 1902 to investigate failings in the child protection and the youth detention systems of the Northern Territory Government.