A 7-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Australia recently. So why isn't anyone talking about it?

Not good enough, Australia.

By ABC

Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles has labelled the media racist for apparently neglecting a story about the alleged rape of a young child at a town camp in Alice Springs.

The child was allegedly dragged into scrubland while walking home and sexually assaulted three weeks ago.

A 29-year-old man was charged shortly afterwards.

“The saddest part is that it was a little blip in the media radar, something that raised a few column inches and has disappeared,” Mr Giles said in Parliament.

“One can only think that if it was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed little girl it may be the front page of media around the country.”

Almost no information on the alleged rape was provided to the media by police.

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NT Police provided a two-line press release on the case two days after the ABC first made inquiries.

Mr Giles has since ordered a review into every non-government organisation and third-party provider funded by the NT Government to service town camps across Alice Springs and Tennant Creek.

He told ABC Alice Springs the alleged crime had brought on a personal “tipping point” in him and action had to be taken.

Mr Giles also called on Government agencies to attend a meeting this Friday to discuss the situation.

“The review’s providing a better and safer environment within the town camps and town itself, so it’s a normal government meeting when we’ve called together agencies,” he said.

“We just want to hold them to account a bit and find out exactly what going on in a range of areas.”

This article was originally published by the ABC and has been republished here with full permission.