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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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This picture taken on March 9, 2014 shows a relative (C) of a passenger who was travelling on board the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 reacting as she is escorted in a hotel in Beijing. China's state-run media on March 10 lashed out at Malaysia and its national carrier over their handling of the missing passenger jet, calling for a swifter response effort and tightened airport security. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo by AFP)

Netflix MH370 doco ‘conspiracy nonsense’

An aviation expert who appears in a Netflix documentary about the disappearance of MH370 has criticised the ‘shameful’ series and said he regrets participating in it.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos, MARCH 15 2020: Brittany Higgins at the Women's March 4 Justice Rally in Canberra. The Women's March 4 Justice Rally at Parliament House in Canberra.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Museum mulls Higgins ‘suffragette’ dress

The ‘suffragette white’ dress worn by Brittany Higgins at the Women’s March 4 Justice rally has been given to a national museum.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 06, 2022:Crown Prosecutor Shane Drumgold and his junior counsel Skye Jerome left the court on day three of the trial.Brittany Higgins and Bruce Lehrmann appeared in court for day three of the trial.Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of the sexual assault of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins at the Magistrates Court in Canberra.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Gun silks hired for legal shootout

Zach Rolfe’s barrister and the Crown Prosecutor who put away serial killer Ivan Milat will play key roles in the upcoming Board of Inquiry into the handling of Brittany Higgins’ rape claim.

Kristin Shorten

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3/11/2021Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine who was one of four policemen who greeted Cleo at 1am this morning.Cleo Smith 4yr old has been found. Police announce the finding of Cleo at Carnarvon Police station.Pic Colin Murty

Hero cop remains under investigation

The Corruption and Crime Commission probe into the hero cop who rescued Cleo Smith continues.

Kristin Shorten

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The Territoryâs Childrenâs Commissioner Colleen Gwynne gives a statement outside the Supreme Court in Darwin after being found not guilty of one count of abuse of public office on Tuesday.

Kids commissioner cleared of corruption

The Northern Territory Children’s Commissioner has been cleared of corruption after three years of ‘humiliation and victimisation’.

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NT Aboriginal Justice Unit director Leanne Liddle speaks outside the Alice Springs Local Court in March at an inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker. Picture: Jason Walls

Stop Aboriginal breeding to cut jail rate: top cop

The director of the Aboriginal Justice Unit says that a senior NT police officer told her that the ‘only hope you mob have is to stop breeding for the next 10 to 15 years’ while visiting a remote community.

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A woman had to be cut out of the front seat of a small bus after a truck crashed into the front of it at the intersection of McKinnon road and the Stuart Highway, Pinelands. Constable Ian Nankivell

Senior cop denies text message slur ‘racist’

A senior NT police officer has been forced to deny he is racist, after sending a text message to a potential witness referring to the deceased offender by a non-racial slur.

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Lawyer Andrew Boe, representing the Lane, Walker and Roberston families from Yuendumu arrives at the Alice Springs Local Court on Monday, September 5, 2022. Picture: Jason Walls

Axe threat by Walker ‘was all for show’

Kumanjayi Walker was merely being ‘performative’ when he threatened police with an axe and there was ‘no urgency’ to arrest him, an inquest has heard.

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NT Police Deputy Commissioner Murray Smalpage. Picture: Madura McCormack/ NT News

Cops ‘preserved Walker’s dignity as he lay dying’

NT Police Deputy Commissioner says the officers sent to arrest Kumanjayi Walker – and who fatally shot him – preserved his dignity as he died.

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Chris Wilson with his wife and children.

Life isn’t fair, says Wrangler crash pilot

A critically injured pilot who miraculously survived a chopper crash that killed Outback Wrangler star Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson has spoken about the incident for the first time, saying ‘this life isn’t fair’.

Kristin Shorten

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