The Latest Breaking News from David Edwardson

'Thick as thieves': outback brotherhood ended by crash

A fatal helicopter crash prompted a court case that exposed the cowboy world of crocodile-egg collecting in the Top End, tearing apart an outback brotherhood.

AAP · Aug 29, 2025

'No winners': reality TV star guilty of crash cover-up

Reality TV star Matt Wright says there are "no winners" after he was found guilty of trying to cover up evidence following a chopper crash that killed his mate.

AAP · Aug 28, 2025

Collusion allegations aired in reality TV star's trial

Reality TV star Matt Wright visited an injured pilot in hospital out of concern for his welfare not to ask him to doctor flight records, a jury has heard.

AAP · Aug 28, 2025

Walker inquest urged to 'get on with it'

The NT coroner investigating the death of an Indigenous teen shot dead by a policeman has been urged to press ahead with hearing evidence.

AAP · Sep 11, 2022

Zachary Rolfe was allegedly violent during arrests of four Aboriginal males before Kumanjayi Walker shooting

Lifting of suppression orders reveals Northern Territory police officer also alleged to have falsified reports after three of the incidents

The Guardian - AU · Mar 19, 2022

Zachary Rolfe trial: Kumanjayi Walker ‘author of his own misfortune’, court told

Defence’s closing address calls prosecution witness ‘armchair expert’ and urges against frame-by-frame analysis on final full day of trial

The Guardian - AU · Mar 9, 2022

NT cop's murder trial 'unjustifiable'

Lawyer David Edwardson QC says Constable Zachary Rolfe should never have been prosecuted for murder and the Crown has not come close to proving his guilt.

AAP · Mar 8, 2022

Zachary Rolfe trial: police officer charged with murder of Kumanjayi Walker gives evidence

Rolfe, who the court heard shot Aboriginal man three times while trying to arrest him, called as first defence witness

The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2022

NT sergeant tells court Zachary Rolfe is an accurate marksman trained to contain high-risk events

Rolfe achieved perfect scores in shooting training and was a senior member of the territory’s immediate response team, court hears

The Guardian - AU · Feb 24, 2022

Murder trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe finishes first week of evidence over fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker

More than two years after the Northern Territory police officer was charged over the fatal shooting of Yuendumu teenager Kumanjayi Walker, the prosecution and defence have each begun to make their case.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022