The Latest Breaking News from Kumanjayi Walker

Barrister for NT police says force is ‘extremely concerned’ by 2,500 word statement by Rolfe, who was acquitted of all charges in relation to shooting of Kumanjayi Walker

Constable Zachary Rolfe was expected to appear in this block of hearings, but is due to appeal a decision compelling him to give evidence in April.

NT policeman Zachary Rolfe, who shot Indigenous teen Kumanjayi Walker dead, has penned an open letter defending his character and left Australia.

Big business profits have caused 69% of Australia’s inflation rate of 7.8%, and Zachary Rolfe, the NT police officer who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager, has left the country. (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following mentions a deceased person.)

The Northern Territory police officer who fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker in 2019 will likely not give evidence when the inquest into the death resumes later this month, the ABC understands.

Lawyers for the Northern Territory attorney-general and police force will urge the NT Court of Appeal to force Constable Zachary Rolfe to appear at the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker, with a certificate protecting him against self-incrimination.

Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe is seeking a declaration that the territory's coroner "cannot direct or compel" him to answer questions that "would tend to expose the appellant to penalty".

Constable Zachary Rolfe has launched legal action against the Northern Territory Police Commissioner in a bid to have disciplinary action taken against him thrown out.

NT policeman Zach Rolfe can be forced to answer questions at an inquest about the night he shot Indigenous teen Kumanjayi Walker dead, the Supreme Court says.