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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Nino Bucci and Amanda Meade

Kumanjayi Walker’s family’s complaint about The Australian’s coverage not investigated by media watchdog

Zachary Rolfe
The friendship between Zachary Rolfe and journalist Kristin Shorten was the subject of a complaint by Kumanjayi Walker’s family to the press council. Photograph: Aaron Bunch/AP

The family of Kumanjayi Walker complained to the media standards watchdog in 2022 about The Australian’s coverage of the Warlpiri man’s death, questioning why the journalist responsible had not disclosed her personal relationship with Zachary Rolfe in her articles.

But the Australian Press Council decided not to investigate the 2022 complaint, saying it considered it was “unlikely that a breach of [its] standards of practice has occurred”.

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