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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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Journalist Edwina Bartholomew filming Wright in March 2013

Outback Wrangler involves Sunrise stars in latest scandal

Matt Wright and his colleagues appear to have been flouting flight rules by slinging TV stars beneath choppers and onto croc nests.

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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.

Accusations show failure to rein in Outback Wrangler

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority had investigated scores of incidents involving Matt Wright and his company Helibrook before the fatal chopper crash that killed Netflix star Chris Wilson.

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Ariat Australia has removed a trailer for Matt Wright's TV show from its Facebook page. Picture: Instagram

Croc wrangler safety fight claim

Trouble was brewing between Outback Wrangler host Matt Wright and workers over an aborted crocodile egg collecting mission shortly before the fatal chopper crash that killed Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson.

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Constable Zach Rolfe outside the Alice Springs Local Court on November 16 for an inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker. Picture: Jason Walls

Rolfe loses bid to avoid testifying at Walker inquest

The NT police officer who fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker at Yuendumu will now be forced to give evidence at the Indigenous man’s coronial inquest.

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Pilot Sebastian Robinson (R) with Chris 'Willow' Wilson.

Fatal chopper probe referred to federal police

The national transport safety agency is so concerned it has been deprived of key evidence while investigating the crash that killed Chris Wilson it referred possible criminal charges to the AFP.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 2: Director of Public Prosecutions, Shane Drumgold SC reads a statement to the media in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

DPP’s despair at cops’ handling of Higgins case

Shane Drumgold wanted to publicly shame police for inadvertently providing Brittany Higgins’s counselling notes to Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer, before reading the confidential records himself.

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Zachary Rolfe stands proud after he is found not guilty of all charges. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Rolfe sparks probe into detective

Former officer Zachary Rolfe has accused a senior detective who investigated his murder charge of misconduct as the sacked constable fights to be reinstated.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 27, 2022:An upset Brittany Higgins with her partner David Sharaz left the Magistrates Court in Canberra. Her mum Kelly Higgins was with her.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Charity boss the link between Higgins and Yates

A charity boss, whose wife works for the ALP, told Victims of Crime chief Heidi Yates about Higgins’s rape claim before it became public.

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Lehrmann brief of evidence delays over iCloud password

The investigation into Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation faced repeated delays because police could not access her cloud drives, which detectives believed contained potentially crucial evidence including emails and photos.

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Pilot Sebastian Robinson (L) with Chris 'Willow' Wilson.

Outback Wrangler vows to ‘clear name’

Matt Wright will face a committal hearing before Christmas over charges connected to the fatal chopper crash that killed Netflix star Chris Wilson.

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