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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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Rowan Sutton thought off a crocodile who had attacked his co-worker Lachlan McDougall Monk. The two were attacked while harvesting crocodile eggs for NT Wildlife Harvesting.

Egg collector fought off croc as it mauled his mate

A crocodile egg collecting mission went terribly wrong on Thursday, sparking an investigation by NT WorkSafe.

Kristin Shorten

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*ON HOLD FOR NETWORK UNTIL AUGUST 25* Matt Wright is the NT's highest-ranked social media content creator on The Oz Top 100 Influence Index, out August 25. Picture: Supplied

Wrangler: it’s hard to grieve Willow

Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright says police are investigating the fatal chopper crash that killed Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson because ‘probably some of the stuff that we did at the site’ went against ‘police protocol’.

Kristin Shorten

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Matt Wright attends Darwin Local Court on charges linked to the death of his ÃOutback WranglerÃ co star Chris ÃWillowÃ Wilson.Picture: Glenn Campbell

Lawyers wrangle over chopper crash Wright’s bail

Outback Wrangler host Matt Wright’s lawyers fight to have three words cut from their client’s bail conditions as he relaxes on a luxury superyacht.

Kristin Shorten

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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

Chopper crash timeline exposed

Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright and six others stayed at the site of a fatal chopper crash for more than three hours before flying to the home of Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson – who had been killed – to see his distraught widow.

Kristin Shorten

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NT Police officer Virginia Read appeared in Darwin Local Court on Tuesday September 20 facing aggravated assault charges.

Police standards boss in court on assault charge

A senior NT police officer who investigates the misconduct of her colleagues has allegedly been caught on camera assaulting a young woman in a small outback town.

Kristin Shorten

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Former Miss Universe Australia contestant Narelle Jose and NT Police Senior Sergeant Sandi Mellon.

Police boss charged with making threats to kill

The wife of a senior NT police officer charged in relation to a fatal chopper crash has been served with a summons containing a set of serious charges including making threats to kill.

Kristin Shorten

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Pilot Sebastian Robinson. Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright allegedly sent a staffer to obtain the mobile phone of critically injured pilot Sebastian Robinson – as he lay in a Brisbane intensive care unit – just two days after the fatal February chopper crash that killed cast member Chris “Willow” Wilson at West Arnhem Land.

Wrangler chopper probe upgraded

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has upgraded its investigation into the fatal chopper crash that killed Outback Wrangler cast member Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson.

Kristin Shorten

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The accused leaves court as the trial of NT Police Constable Zachary Rolfe for the Murder of Kumanjayi Walker continues in The NT Supreme Court , Darwin.Picture: Glenn Campbell

Rolfe launches civil action against NT Police

A motion filed in the Supreme Court at Darwin states Constable Zachary Rolfe – who fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker at Yuendumu – wants 25 alleged breaches of discipline overturned.

Kristin Shorten

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Zachary Rolfe walks into court for the last time to hear his verdict. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Officer in bid to not testify on shooting

The NT police officer who fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker at Yuendumu is appealing a Supreme Court decision compelling him to answer questions at the coronial inquest.

Kristin Shorten

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5/01/2023: Dramatic images of an arrest in Darwin involving tactical police on Thursday evening. Picture: Jesmar Paclibar

Response group police draw guns in dramatic NT arrest

A dramatic arrest of two men at a Darwin fast-food restaurant saw masked police T-bone a blue ute before surrounding the vehicle with guns drawn and screaming at the occupant | WATCH

Kristin Shorten and Liam Mendes

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