Kristin Shorten

Kristin ShortenInvestigative Journalist

Kristin Shorten is an award-winning investigative journalist who began her media career at The Courier-Mail newspaper and reported for various News Corp mastheads before joining The Australian. Kristin has written, produced and directed documentaries including Voodoo Medics, The Boy in the Blue Cap and Yuendumu. She has also written, produced and hosted podcasts including Voodoo Medics, My name is Cleo and Yuendumu: The Trial. In 2019 Kristin was named West Australian Journalist of the Year for her investigation into the death of Father Joseph Tran and has twice been named West Australian Freelance Journalist of the Year for her work on the unsolved murder of Gerard Ross. In 2022 she won a News Award and NT Media Award for her reporting on the fatal police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker at Yuendumu. Contact Kristin here: shortenk@theaustralian.com.au

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CASA emails reveal cost of croc egg exemption

The death of Chris Wilson can be traced back to a PowerPoint presentation given to the CASA Board, just months before the chopper crash that killed him.

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Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson. The 34-year-old father-of-two was tragically killed in a helicopter crash in a remote part of West Arnhem Land last Monday while collecting crocodile eggs. Pictures - Supplied

Easing croc egg rules ‘did not cause Netflix star’s death’

CASA denies its decision to remove a safety condition from approvals granted to Outback Wrangler Matt Wright contributed to the death of Chris Wilson.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. PLEASE CONTACT JEFF DARMANIN ST PIC ED BEFORE PUBLISHING.Matt Wright - Monster Croc Wrangler - Global launch. Matt Wright has just launched his global series Outback Wranlger which has been renamed globally to Monster Croc Wrangler on Nat Geo WILD in the US, UK & Europe. It will be launched into over 130 countries by the end of this month.

‘Don’t blame us’ for fatal chopper crash: CASA

CASA denies responsibility for the fatal chopper crash that killed Netflix star Chris Wilson because the destroyed helicopter ‘should not have been operating at all’ when it crashed.

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9-year-old Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker, shot dead by police in Yuendumu in Central Australia on Saturday, November 9.

Rolfe due to give evidence as Walker inquest resumes

The coronial inquest into Kumanjayi Walker’s death will resume next month after the failed bid to have Coroner Elisabeth Armitage recuse herself from presiding over the long-running inquiry.

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Chopper tragedy may yet hit court

The NT’s workplace safety watchdog is contemplating ‘possible prosecution’ over the fatal chopper crash that killed Netflix star Chris Wilson.

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Chopper crash victim Chris "Willow" Wilson with his wife Danielle

Chopper widow claims care fail

The widow of Netflix star Chris Wilson claims the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and Outback Wrangler Matt Wright’s company Helibrook were both negligent and breached their duty of care.

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Matt Wright arrives at the Darwin Local Court on Thursday. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

‘Enough evidence’ to put Outback Wrangler on trial

Netflix star Matt Wright has been committed to stand trial following the crash that killed his co-star, as his two co-accused enter guilty pleas.

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Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson with his family wife Danielle and their two young sons Ted (5) and Austin (2). The 34-year-old father-of-two was tragically killed in a helicopter crash in a remote part of West Arnhem Land last Monday while collecting crocodile eggs. Pictures - Supplied

Reality star’s widow sues CASA and Outback Wrangler

The widow of Netflix star Chris Wilson – who was killed in an NT chopper crash – has hired one of the country’s best aviation barristers to sue Outback Wrangler Matt Wright and CASA.

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Images relating to the July 4, 2020 helicopter crash where pilot Troy Thomas and other passengers died. 12yo Amber Millar.

Coroner closes schoolgirl’s chopper crash death probe

A West Australian coroner has closed the book on schoolgirl Amber Millar’s death, making an administrative finding that she died from the multiple injuries she suffered in a fatal Kimberley chopper crash with high-profile pilot Troy Thomas.

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Troy Thomas flying with Ernie Dingo while filming Going Places with Ernie Dingo at Horizontal Falls .

Injured chopper passenger sues dead pilot’s company

A Western Australian woman injured in a serious chopper crash with pilot Troy Thomas, less than a year before the fatal incident that killed him and a 12-year-old girl, is suing the late tourism stalwart’s aviation company.

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