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Police cleared of misconduct over Rolfe murder charge
Senior police have been cleared of improper conduct over a decision to charge an...
Lloyd Jones 19 Dec 2025
Indigenous legal peak body joins calls for action on Kumanjayi Walker inquest recommendations
The peak body for Indigenous legal services has joined more than 20 organisation...
Dechlan Brennan 14 Aug 2025
Extraordinary cost of Walker inquest revealed
Northern Territory Government departments spent more than $7 million during the...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Jul 2025
"Racist" former cop who killed Kumanjayi Walker rejects coroner’s findings
Former Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe has rejected key findings...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Jul 2025
Institutional racism in NT Police prompts leaders to urge action
In the wake of landmark coronial findings into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjay...
Dechlan Brennan 8 Jul 2025
Putting an end to deaths in custody should be “above politics” – Malarndirri McCarthy

Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy says she is "very interested" in the findings and recommendations of the inquest into the 2019 police killing of Kumanjayi Walker, to b...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 7, 2025
Grandfather pens letter to PM following Indigenous death in custody

The grandfather of a 24-year-old man who died in custody has drafted an open letter to the prime minister calling on Canberra to step in and address "madness" in the Northern Territory's justice syste...

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Poppy Johnston Jun 23, 2025
Findings loom on Indigenous teen fatally shot by police

A coroner will return to the outback to hand down her findings into the death of an Indigenous teenager shot by a police officer during a botched arrest.

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Rex Martinich Apr 24, 2025
Racism role in death at centre of teen shooting inquiry

Former police constable Zachary Rolfe's "fascination with violence" barely featured in his criminal trial but during Australia's longest-running coronial inquest his actions have been characterised as...

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(A)manda Parkinson Nov 30, 2024
'Undeniable': police label ex-cop a racist at inquest

The former police officer who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager during a botched arrest has been labelled a racist by the force which employed him.

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(A)manda Parkinson Nov 29, 2024
'Extremely unlikely': inquest heard no doctors to respond to Indigenous man's shooting

Health authorities have defended having no medical staff at a remote community when the "extremely unlikely" fatal police shooting of an Indigenous teenager occurred.

Cop's lawyer urges caution for coroner on racism claims

Evidence suggesting racism or racist behaviour in the Northern Territory police force when Zachary Rolfe fatally shot Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker is irrelevant to a coronial inquest, the poli...

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(A)manda Parkinson Nov 28, 2024
'Tell the truth': Indigenous family's plea for justice

For two years the cry from Kumanjayi Walker's family has been simple: "tell the truth". When an inquest into his death began on September 5, 2022 family members created a sign with those three words t...

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(A)manda Parkinson Nov 27, 2024
NT Police Commissioner apologises to Indigenous Territorians for force's past harms and injustices

Northern Territory Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has apologised to Aboriginal Territorians for "the past harms and the injustices caused by members of the Northern Territory Police".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 3, 2024
Former cop insists NT police not 'genuine racists'

A former member of the Northern Territory's Tactical Response Group says during his time as an officer, offensive language and jokes were commonly made throughout the entire NT Police Force.

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Keira Jenkins May 31, 2024
Family still pained by Kumanjayi Walker's death

Kumanjayi Walker's family have told an inquest into his death the teenager is still much loved and missed. The 19-year-old Warlpiri Luritja teenager was fatally shot by then-constable Zachary Rolfe in...

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Keira Jenkins May 30, 2024
Zachary Rolfe tells inquest he's 'bored' of process

The former Northern Territory police officer who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager during an attempted arrest says he's "bored" of the ongoing coronial process.

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Keira Jenkins May 28, 2024
'Murderer' comment was a joke, former cop tells inquest

The Northern Territory police officer who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager during an attempted arrest says he made a comment about murderers and war criminals on a social media post as a joke about...

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Keira Jenkins May 28, 2024
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