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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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Tennant Creek generic photos. Picture: Jason Walls

Freed offender ‘fractures baby’s skull’

An NT man serving a suspended sentence for breaking his partner’s jaw fractured an infant’s skull after hitting her with a bottle.

Kristin Shorten

Sofronoff inquiryNation

ACT Victims of Crime Commissioner Heidi Yates gives testimony at the Sofronoff inquiry on Thursday 1st June, 2023.

Yates knew of Higgins’s claim before it went public

Within three days of meeting Brittany Higgins, Victims of Crime Commissioner Heidi Yates was accompanying her to meetings with Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison.

Kristin Shorten and Remy Varga

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L-R Chris Wilson, Matt Wright and Mick Burns in 2016. Picture - Facebook

Outback Wrangler ‘mates’ landed major meet

Just months before Chris Wilson’s death, an insider arranged a meeting with CASA bosses seeking flight rule exemptions.

Kristin Shorten

SOFRONOFF INQUIRYNation

25/05/2023: Emma Frizzell speaking on Day 11 of public hearings of the Australian Capital Territory’s Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System, at the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Canberra

Higgins ‘naked on sofa’ not enough: police

The Liberal staffer being found undressed and asleep in Parliament House was not sufficient evidence for Bruce Lehrmann to be charged with rape, officer testifies.

Stephen Rice and Kristin Shorten

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22-05-2023 - Detective Superintendent Scott Moller appears before the Sofronoff inquiry.

I’m a sex assault survivor, top cop tells inquiry

The senior detective who oversaw the investigation of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation has revealed that he was sexually assaulted 45 years ago.

Kristin Shorten and Remy Varga

Sofronoff inquiryNation

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 18, 2022: , Crown Prosecutor Shane Drumgold and his junior counsel Skye Jerome., Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of the sexual assault of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins, appeared at the Magistrates Court in Canberra., Picture: NCA NewsWire / Ben Appleton,

Drumgold ‘lost objectivity’ in Lehrmann case

Police investigating Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation were concerned the presumption of innocence was being lost, inquiry told.

Stephen Rice and Kristin Shorten

SOFRONOFF INQUIRYNation

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 22: Detective Superintendent Scott Moller arrives at the Walter Sofronoff Inquiry in Canberra . Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Police ‘acted within hour after call from Higgins’ boyfriend’

The police officer in charge of the investigation into Brittany Higgins’s rape allegations has revealed the immense pressure investigators were under to charge Bruce Lehrmann.

Stephen Rice, Kristin Shorten and Remy Varga

‘on leave’Legal Affairs

18-05-2023 - Shane Drumgold outside his Canberra home on Thursday afternoon after taking leave as ACT DPP. Picture: Liam Mendes / The Australian

Crown lager or Drumgold bitter? DPP calls beer o’clock

Shane Drumgold’s future as ACT DPP looks increasingly uncertain as he abruptly began four weeks off work, aware that his ordeal on the witness stand of the Sofronoff inquiry is far from over.

Kristin Shorten, Liam Mendes and Remy Varga

SOFRONOFF INQUIRYNation

12/05/2023: Shane Drumgold SC speaking on Day 5 of public hearings of the Australian Capital Territory’s Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System, at the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Canberra.

Drumgold stands aside after inquiry evidence

The ACT DPP has taken sudden leave and been replaced after five days of bruising evidence at the inquiry about his handling of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation.

Kristin Shorten and Remy Varga

SOFRONOFF INQUIRYLegal Affairs

Drumgold ‘took a stab’ at Lehrmann: barrister

Bruce Lehrmann’s defence barrister has accused ACT chief prosecutor of taking a ‘pejorative stab’ at his client and abandoning impartiality, the Sofronoff inquiry has heard.

Remy Varga and Kristin Shorten

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