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Coronial Inquest Finds NT Cop Zachary Rolfe Who Shot Kumanjayi Walker Was Racist

The final report of an inquest into the police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker have been handed down by the Northern Territory coroner.

Pedestrian.tv · Jul 7, 2025

Coroner finds NT police officer who shot Kumanjayi Walker was racist and can’t rule out that racism played a role in fatal shooting

Zachary Rolfe, who shot Walker in Yuendumu in 2019, used unnecessary force during five previous arrests, coroner says

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2025

'Utterly disrespectful': grieving family slam top cop

A coroner has found a police force has the hallmarks of institutional racism, as a grieving family expressed their disappointment in its commissioner.

AAP · Jul 6, 2025

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‘No empty words’: Kumanjayi Walker’s family prepare for coroner’s final report with call for ‘real action’

Findings will be handed down almost five years after the Warlpiri man died during a bungled arrest in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu

The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2025

Long wait over for Kumanjayi Walker inquest findings

Inquest findings are finally set to be handed down into the 2019 fatal police shooting of young Aboriginal man Kumanjayi Walker in a remote desert community.

AAP · Jul 5, 2025

Nice work if you can get it: premier pockets plenty

Parliamentarians in one state have been granted a pay rise, propelling the premier to the position of Australia's second highest-paid politician.

AAP · Jun 30, 2025

Researchers discover two new species after genetic testing

Until now, the kultarr was thought to be a single widespread species

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2025

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Australia’s cutest mammal is now Australia’s cutest three mammals

Australia is home to more than 60 species of carnivorous marsupials in the family Dasyuridae. Almost a quarter of those have only been scientifically recognised in the past 25 years.

The Conversation · Jun 30, 2025

$Calls for ‘urgent’ investigation into lobbying activities of fracking advocate and gas company$

Calls for ‘urgent’ investigation into lobbying activities of fracking advocate and gas company

Lidia Thorpe, David Pocock and the Greens demand action after Good Advice and Empire Energy allegedly offered private deals to traditional owners to smooth the way for gas sales

The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2025

New public transport dress code signs labelled 'cruel'

New signs barring people wearing "dirty or stained clothing" from a territory's buses have been slammed as discriminatory against already disadvantaged people.

AAP · Jun 26, 2025

$How an obscure consultancy firm is helping fracking companies influence traditional owners$

How an obscure consultancy firm is helping fracking companies influence traditional owners

Exclusive: Leaked documents claim Good Advice promised private deals, gathered signatures and hired land council members to smooth way for Northern Territory gas sales

The Guardian - AU · Jun 23, 2025

‘You must step in’: family of Kumanjayi White demand federal government support after death in custody

Grandfather Ned Hargraves says there is ‘no trust’ between the remote community of Yuendumu and NT police

The Guardian - AU · Jun 23, 2025

Federal Labor ministers at odds over contentious NT gas pipeline decision, internal document shows

Exclusive: Agriculture minister Julie Collins and Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy expressed concern over Sturt Plateau pipeline’s construction

The Guardian - AU · Jun 21, 2025

Grandfather pens letter to PM after death in custody

The family of Kumanjayi White, who died in police custody on May 27, have stepped up their calls for justice and an independent probe into his death.

AAP · Jun 21, 2025

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AAP · Jun 19, 2025

Death in custody case under scrutiny as ministers meet

Deaths in custody and tougher youth crime laws will be a focus as a peak Indigenous group meets to discuss Closing the Gap progress with government ministers.

AAP · Jun 19, 2025

Territory abandons 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target

A 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target has been abandoned by a territory administration despite an election promise.

AAP · Jun 17, 2025

Land clearing for defence housing remains on hold

An Indigenous site where a defence housing agency controversially cleared land must be left alone while a legal challenge is resolved.

The Guardian - AU · Jun 17, 2025

Zachary Rolfe offered speaking services on ‘leadership, ethical decision-making’ for up to $10,000

Former NT police officer, who was cleared of murder over the shooting death of Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker in 2022, listed as speaker at Sydney summit

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AAP · Jun 16, 2025

Proposed law change protects questionable pub jokes

Accusations that anti-discrimination laws are being watered down to allow free rein to offensive comments have been rejected by a chief law officer.

The Conversation · Jun 15, 2025

Decades on from the Royal Commission, why are Indigenous people still dying in custody?

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died.

AAP · Jun 12, 2025

Territory's prison lockdowns surge amid crime crackdown

A territory's crime crackdown and tough new bail laws have led to a surge in lockdowns in an overcrowded and understaffed prison system.

The Guardian - AU · Jun 12, 2025

Australian Human Rights Commission president calls for end to police investigating deaths in police custody

Hugh de Kretser said independent police oversight authorities should be established in all jurisdictions to stem the ‘mistrust and injustice’ of police investigating themselves

AAP · Jun 12, 2025

Couple sues tour operator over outback bus crash

Two passengers physically and emotionally injured in a fatal bus crash on a remote stretch of road are taking on a "anachronistic" compensation laws in the NT.

AAP · Jun 11, 2025

Public pepper spray trial triggers stinging backlash

A 12-month trial allowing the public to carry pepper spray in a crime-hit territory has been slammed by critics who say it is an "admission of failure".

AAP · Jun 10, 2025

Calls for external death-in-custody inquiry 'appalling'

Federal politicians who called for death-in-custody inquiries to be independent of a territory's police force have been blasted by a chief minister.

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