Report recommends legislated ban of devices covering children and adults but chief minister says frontline staff need protection
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A push for legislation banning the use of spit hoods on children and adults in the Northern Territory has been rejected by both sides of politics.
The NT ombudsman released his final report into the controversial restraint devices on Wednesday and recommended a ban covering children and adults be written into territory law.
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