Probe reset: PM gets NT abuse royal commission right at second attempt

By Mark Kenny, Fergus Hunter
Updated August 2 2016 - 8:30am, first published August 1 2016 - 8:56pm
Mick Gooda has resiled from his emotional remarks that the NT government needs sacking.
 Photo: Peter Eve/Yothu Yindi Foundation
Mick Gooda has resiled from his emotional remarks that the NT government needs sacking. Photo: Peter Eve/Yothu Yindi Foundation

Malcolm Turnbull's heavily criticised royal commission into the Northern Territory's youth detention system has been given a second chance at success after the initial royal commissioner, Brian Martin, bowed to pressure by quitting just three days in to be replaced by a former Queensland justice, Margaret White, and Indigenous community leader Mick Gooda.

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