How the use of force went wrong at Yuendumu
After the tragic saga of Kumanjayi Walker and Zachary Rolfe, a senior NT policeman said he hoped the inquest would be scathing, ‘because we need it’.
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Top cop ‘shocked by Rolfe charge’
NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker says he was ‘as shocked as anyone’ to discover Constable Zachary Rolfe would be charged with murder.
Gunner, police union clash over Rolfe case
Michael Gunner has raised the temperature of his stoush with the police union over the failed murder prosecution of Zachary Rolfe, accusing the body of ‘weaponising’ his remarks.
Court releases more Rolfe videos
The NT Supreme Court has released further details of the evidence crown prosecutors wanted to use to persuade the jury in Zachary Rolfe’s murder trial | WATCH VIDEOS
Rolfe Indigenous assault allegations
The jury in Zachary Rolfe’s murder trial was not told that in the lead up to Kumanjayi Walker’s death, the young cop was involved in four other incidents | WATCH VIDEO (graphic content)
I couldn’t have saved Walker: remote nurse
A nurse who left Yuendumu shortly before Kumanjayi Walker was shot believes she could not have saved the Aboriginal teenager’s life even with the best available medical support.
Top End weighs reforms to ‘unfair’ justice system
A lawyer who represented Palm Island residents after the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee says Indigenous Australians in the Top End have ‘no real access to justice’.
Scrutiny grows over Rolfe arrest
The NT’s Independent Commissioner Against Corruption is considering whether to launch an inquiry into the ‘circumstances of the investigation and arrest’ of Zachary Rolfe.
No move to strip police of firearms
NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner has resisted calls to strip police of firearms in Aboriginal communities, saying senior police must decide what weapons their officers carry.
Clash over failed Rolfe prosecution
A coterie of police top brass decided as a matter of ‘convenience’ to arrest Zachary Rolfe for murder despite having ‘not even close’ to enough evidence to support the charge, the police union says.
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