The Latest Breaking News from Kumanjayi Walker

Officer who shot Indigenous teen will appeal dismissal

Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe will appeal a police force decision to sack him, more than three years after he shot dead an Indigenous teen.

The New Daily · Apr 5, 2023

Rolfe dismissal 'glimpse of change' for Walker's family

Kumanjayi Walker's family has said the NT Police decision to sack Zachary Rolfe has brought hope for change and accountability.

AAP · Apr 5, 2023

NT Police sack Zachary Rolfe, who shot dead Indigenous teen Kumanjayi Walker

A police officer who shot dead an Indigenous teenager in during an outback arrest has been sacked by the Northern Territory Police Force.

The New Daily · Apr 4, 2023

NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker on leave amid reports he has been asked to resign

The NT government and police force have confirmed Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker is on leave, amid media reports that he has been asked to resign from his position.

ABC News · Apr 1, 2023

The NT coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker has adjourned after two weeks. Here's what happened this week

The inquest into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker has adjourned until July after a further two weeks of evidence, with attitudes, culture and discipline within the NT Police force in the spotlight.

ABC News · Mar 11, 2023

Housing and policing in remote NT communities under scrutiny, as coroner adjourns shooting inquest

The dilapidated state of remote housing in the Northern Territory was probed on the last day of hearings for several months in the coronial inquest into the death of the Indigenous teenager.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

Yuendumu property now a ‘memory house’ for Walker

The home where Kumanjayi Walker was shot by police is now a "memory house" and is being removed from the NT's public housing stocks.

The New Daily · Mar 10, 2023

Community police panel wraps up Walker inquest hearings

A community policing panel and a senior government official will take the stand on the last day in the latest round of hearings at the Walker inquest.

AAP · Mar 9, 2023

Kumanjayi Walker exhibited additional needs in primary school, but was not assessed until adolescence, coroner hears

The coroner hears how there were "very clear missed opportunities" to assist Kumanjayi Walker as a child, at the inquest into his death in a remote community in 2019.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Poor services hinder social work, Walker probe told

The inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker has heard of the difficulties of recruiting and housing staff at his community, 300km northwest of Alice Springs.

AAP · Mar 9, 2023