Source: Prime Minister of Australia
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Kumanjayi Little Baby was just five years old and should have had her whole life ahead of her. This wonderful young soul, who I got to speak to her mum, her grandfather, and her grandmother today. She was cherished and loved and they’re going through the worst of devastation, and at this time they’ve asked that they be allowed to go through the Sorry Business with the privacy and dignity and solemnity that it deserves. But they are given a great deal of heart by the fact that the community here in Alice Springs has come together and come together to wrap their arms around this family to hold them. And so it was an opportunity as well to, we laid flowers at the memorial at the camp that has sprung up spontaneously. People leaving messages, people knitting toys in tribute to this wonderful, much loved little girl. And it was also an opportunity to thank the workers and others, volunteers, who just came together in their hundreds to search for Kumanjayi Little Baby during that tragic period. And to whether they were police or emergency service workers, St John’s Ambulance, the local Land Council, people from community organisations, the local council, all an opportunity to say thank you to them. And it was mainly an opportunity just to say to the family, though, that the nation stands with them. They are not alone. Kumanjayi Little Baby is known throughout our nation and indeed throughout the world. This is a young person lost far too early under circumstances that are unbearable. They are trying to bear their way through this with dignity, with respect, and it will remain something that is with them forever.
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