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The Prime Minister’s Literary Award winners include a collective Yolŋu novel – and a murder trial

This year’s winners of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards query the instability of Australian identity. And the winners of the fiction and nonfiction prizes both point to the cruel legacy of European invasion and colonialism.

The Conversation · Sep 10

Tale of Territory teen shot by police wins book award

An investigative journalist's account of the fatal police shooting of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker is among the winners of Australia's richest book awards.

AAP · Sep 10

Father of Zachary Rolfe tells inquiry more must be done to fight ‘widespread racist behaviour’ in NT police

Richard Rolfe, father of former constable who shot and killed Kumanjayi Walker, suggests NT government lacks the desire to investigate alleged institutional racism within the force

The Guardian - AU · May 2

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Report completed almost a year after death in custody

An external police review of the use of force by officers who held down a young Aboriginal man just before he died is completed ahead of a decision on charges.

AAP · Apr 3

Limited support for proposals in Kumanjayi Walker death

A territory police force has supported some but not all coronial recommendations following the fatal police shooting of a young Aboriginal man.

AAP · Mar 19

Tension on the streets, the mushroom trial circus and a devastating terrorist attack – looking back on Australia’s turbulent 2025

There was no shortage of grim and disturbing moments in a fractious year. But also a prime ministerial wedding, a miraculous survival story – and Valerie the dachshund

The Guardian - AU · Dec 29, 2025

Police cleared of misconduct over officer murder charge

A corruption investigator has found no evidence of misconduct by senior police over the decision to charge an officer with murdering a young Aboriginal man.

AAP · Dec 19, 2025

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Crime-troubled territory names new police chief

Months after a top cop was sacked over a jobs-for-mates scandal, a crime-hit territory has named a new police commissioner with the force under the spotlight.

AAP · Oct 9, 2025

Top cop sacking prompts overhaul of police appointments

Appointments of senior police officials in a crime-troubled jurisdiction will be overhauled after a top cop was sacked over a jobs-for-mates scandal.

AAP · Oct 8, 2025

Calm urged as prosecutors mull death in custody brief

The family of an Aboriginal man who died in custody has expressed frustration over a months-long investigation into the incident amid calls for calm.

AAP · Sep 22, 2025

News Corp columnist Lucy Zelić nails her political colours firmly to the mast

Interviewing Ted O’Brien on 2GB, the former sports broadcaster says she has been a ‘Liberal faithful’ for many years. Plus: how the Canberra Times portrayed Zachary Rolfe

The Guardian - AU · Jul 18, 2025

For the remote community of Yuendumu, there’s no justice until its people stop dying

Kumanjayi Walker’s family says the coroner ‘told the truth’ about racism in the Northern Territory – and the solution is to let the community govern itself

The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2025

Family 'validated' over coroner's police racism finding

A police force says it won't tolerate racism in its ranks but the family of an teenager shot by an officer say they're not holding their breath for change.

AAP · Jul 8, 2025

Officer who shot Australian Aboriginal teen Kumanjayi Walker was racist, inquest finds

Coroner finds systemic racism within Northern Territory police and says it may have influenced officer’s actions during fatal 2019 shooting

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025

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AAP · Jul 7, 2025

Top cop admits racism 'truth' after fatal teen shooting

Racism within a police force will no longer be tolerated by its top cop after a coroner handed down her findings into the fatal shooting of an Indigenous teen.

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2025

Here’s some Indigenous truth-telling: structural police racism had a hand in the death of Kumanjayi Walker

After the inquest into the Aboriginal teenager’s death, the coroner found constable Zachary Rolfe operated in a system that failed on a number of occasions to ‘rein him in’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2025

One report, 33 recommendations, but Kumanjayi Walker inquest findings draw on two centuries of pain

The conclusions of coroner Elisabeth Armitage on how similar deaths could be prevented reflect the impact of colonial massacres and domestic abuse

The Conversation · Jul 7, 2025

Kumanjayi Walker inquest: racism and violence, but findings too little and too late

First Nations people please be advised this article speaks of racially discriminating moments in history, including the distress and death of First Nations people.

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Pedestrian.tv · Jul 7, 2025

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.

The Guardian - AU · 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

AAP · Jul 6, 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.

The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2025

‘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

AAP · Jul 5, 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.

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

AAP · 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.

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