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Return of artefacts after 50 years 'will be remembered'

Two dozen significant objects have been returned to Warlpiri people, who say the artefacts will be instrumental in preserving and continuing cultural practice.

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A Warlpiri ancestor disappeared down the ‘white pipeline’. Finally it was time for him to return

The return of the ancestor to Yuendumu from Adelaide after 60 years revealed the involvement of my own family member, a dental anthropologist

The Guardian - AU

Ancestor whose remains sat in dental school box for decades returned to Northern Territory community

Yuendumu celebrates as remains of Warlpiri man repatriated from Adelaide after more than 50 years

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Kumanjayi Walker inquest: coroner declines Zachary Rolfe’s request to recuse herself from case

Rolfe had applied for Elisabeth Armitage to recuse herself on the grounds of apprehended bias after she met Yuendumu community members

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Rolfe evidence in Kumanjayi Walker inquest delayed again

Zachary Rolfe is seeking to have Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage recuse herself from the inquiry into Rolfe’s 2019 killing of Kumanjayi Walker.

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Rolfe evidence in Kumanjayi Walker case delayed again

Zachary Rolfe is seeking to have Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage recuse herself from the inquiry into Rolfe’s 2019 killing of Kumanjayi Walker.

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Kumanjayi Walker inquest: coroner to decide on recusing herself after Zachary Rolfe questions impartiality

Application by the former NT police officer increases chance case could be further delayed

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Rolfe's bias accusations against coroner 'groundless'

Zachary Rolfe's lawyers say a coroner did not "distance herself" from conversations about "spearing"t he former cop as punishment for Kumanjayi Walker's death.

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Long-awaited police report on death of Kumanjayi Walker critical of ‘military police response’

Previously confidential report describes ‘warrior-like mentality’ among force that contained ‘vast over-representation of former military members’

The Guardian - AU

ICAC clears Michael Gunner of alleged political interference in charging of Zachary Rolfe

Michael Gunner has been cleared of alleged political interference over the decision to charge former Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe with the murder of Kumanjayi Walker.

ABC News

Suppression order lifted over police report into death of Kumanjayi Walker

The report contains highly critical reviews of NT Police processes and concerns raised by prosecutors about the expert witnesses called in the murder case against former police officer Zachary Rolfe.

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Caring for the half-wild dogs of Yuendumu’s Aboriginal community

Gloria Morales has spent decades looking after the dogs of a remote Indigenous community in central Australia.

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Zachary Rolfe dismissal 'a win' for Yuendumu community, 'disappointing' for police union

The family of Kumanjayi Walker, the man Zachary Rolfe fatally shot while on police duty in remote Central Australia, say they "feel a grave sense of relief" following Mr Rolfe's dismissal from the NT Police Force.

ABC News

Cardiologists and First Nations leaders on mission to stop rheumatic heart disease in Central Australia

Gavin Wheaton still remembers seeing his first case of rheumatic heart disease in the Central Australian town of Yuendumu 40 years ago. Now, he's one of a group of cardiologists travelling remote areas screening for the disease.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Former AFP assistant commissioner fronts inquest into death of Kumanjayi Walker in Alice Springs

A former assistant commissioner of the Australian Federal Police has criticised the executive oversight of the team deployed to Yuendumu to arrest Kumanjayi Walker in 2019, describing it as "totally lacking".

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Walker inquest hears every NT government agency, service provider to be reviewed for systemic racism

Former NT Australian of the Year Leanne Liddle fronts an inquest into the shooting death of an Indigenous man in Alice Springs, telling the coroner she has seen "many" examples of systemic racism in the NT Police Force.

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NT Police sergeant tells inquest he did not offer legal defence to Zachary Rolfe during Kumanjayi Walker shooting investigation

Sergeant Ian Nankivell gives evidence to the long-running inquiry into Kumanjayi Walker's death, answering questions about a text message he sent to a colleague of Constable Zachary Rolfe the morning after.

ABC News

NT Police Deputy Commissioner Murray Smalpage tells Kumanjayi Walker inquest he has seen no evidence of 'systemic' racism in force

While Murray Smalpage said there were improvements to be made within the NT Police force, he stopped short of accepting there was systemic racism within the ranks.

ABC News

Northern Territory police need 300 more officers, Deputy Commissioner Murray Smalpage tells Kumanjayi Walker inquest

As the inquest into the police shooting of Yuendumu man Kumanjayi Walker continues, NT Police leadership say their remote operations are dangerously stretched by under-staffing, poor infrastructure and a 30 per cent increase in overall crime.

The Guardian - AU

Deputy commissioner highly critical of botched arrest of Kumanjayi Walker, inquest hears

Murray Smalpage tells coroner he is ‘struggling to find a reason’ for deviation from arrest plan on day Warlpiri teen was killed by Zachary Rolfe

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Yuendumu prepares for the inquest into Kumanjayi Walker's death to resume in Alice Springs

The community of Yuendumu is quiet now, but it's about to be back under the national spotlight as the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker resumes.

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