<description>&lt;p&gt;On the evening of Anzac Day, a man is alleged to have set in motion a series of events that sparked a national outcry, broke hearts, and ignited rage in Alice Springs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Today's episode comes after the news that 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis was charged on Sunday with the murder of a five-year-old girl in a tiny Alice Springs community.&lt;br aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;br&gt;We cross to the Northern Territory to journalist Hannah Murphy, from &lt;em&gt;WA Today, &lt;/em&gt;on the case of Kumanjayi Little Baby.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Background reading:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Jefferson Lewis &lt;a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/jefferson-lewis-charged-with-murder-over-death-of-kumanjayi-little-baby-20260503-p5zt87.html?utm_source=omny&amp;amp;utm_medium=podcast_notes&amp;amp;utm_campaign=the_morning_edition&amp;amp;utm_content=&amp;amp;utm_term=newsroom"&gt;charged with murder over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;A week on, Alice Springs is a &lt;a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-week-on-alice-springs-is-a-town-forever-changed-20260502-p5zt4q.html?utm_source=omny&amp;amp;utm_medium=podcast_notes&amp;amp;utm_campaign=the_morning_edition&amp;amp;utm_content=&amp;amp;utm_term=newsroom"&gt;town forever changed.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://subscribe.smh.com.au/" rel="payment"&gt;Subscribe to The Age &amp; SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Morning Edition

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

'This is far from over’: The case of Kumanjayi Little Baby

MAY 3, 202618 MIN
The Morning Edition

'This is far from over’: The case of Kumanjayi Little Baby

MAY 3, 202618 MIN

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On the evening of Anzac Day, a man is alleged to have set in motion a series of events that sparked a national outcry, broke hearts, and ignited rage in Alice Springs.Today's episode comes after the news that 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis was charged on Sunday with the murder of a five-year-old girl in a tiny Alice Springs community.We cross to the Northern Territory to journalist Hannah Murphy, from WA Today, on the case of Kumanjayi Little Baby. Background reading: Jefferson Lewis charged with murder over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby. A week on, Alice Springs is a town forever changed. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.