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Call for NT cop's blood over teen shooting

A remote Indigenous community says the Northern Territory policeman who shot a teenager dead should face payback to help it finish grieving.

AAP · Nov 14, 2022

Yuendumu community greets coroner investigating death of Kumanjayi Walker with ceremony, song and sorrow

Elisabeth Armitage travelled to tiny NT town to hear first-hand how the 19-year-old’s death had affected community

The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2022

Inquest into Northern Territory teen’s death moves to the outback

An inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker at the hands of a NT policeman will hear about the pain his community suffered.

The New Daily · Nov 14, 2022

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Northern Territory coroner visits Yuendumu, as Kumanjayi Walker inquest resumes after break over anniversary of fatal shooting

The inquest into 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker's death was suspended last week as his family commemorated the third anniversary of his death. It will resume today in Yuendumu.

ABC News · Nov 13, 2022

Coroner visits NT town where cop shot teen

The coroner in an inquest for an Indigenous teen shot dead by an NT policeman has been welcomed with song and sorrow to the remote community where he died.

AAP · Nov 13, 2022

Passing the halfway point, the coronial inquest into Kumanjayi Walker's death has probed the culture inside NT Police

In examining the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu in 2019, coroner Elizabeth Armitage's inquest has been probing the conduct and culture of the Northern Territory Police Force.

ABC News · Nov 4, 2022

NT Police officer Jody Nobbs stands by decision to 'deceive' Yuendumu community on night Kumanjayi Walker died

A police officer who chose not to tell the Yuendumu community Kumanjayi Walker had died has defended his decision, saying he used "calculated deception" due to a fear of "cultural payback".

ABC News · Oct 31, 2022

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NT coroner shown 'distressing' video of the moment Kumanjayi Walker's family was informed of his death

Body-worn video of the moment Kumanjayi Walker's family was informed of his death has been played to the Northern Territory coroner, showing police urging his loved ones not to get "angry" and referred to him by an incorrect name.

ABC News · Oct 26, 2022

Constable Zachary Rolfe asked if body-worn cameras were on after Kumanjayi Walker's death, inquest hears

A dog handler who was in Yuendumu on the night Kumanjayi Walker was shot has told the Northern Territory coroner he can't remember what was said when the body-worn camera was turned off.

ABC News · Oct 21, 2022

Constable James Kirstenfeldt tells Kumanjayi Walker inquest 'better' arrest plan could have avoided tragedy

One of the five Alice Springs-based officers deployed to Yuendumu on the night Kumanjayi Walker died has told the coronial inquest there were failings in the plan to arrest the young Indigenous man before his shooting death in 2019.

ABC News · Oct 20, 2022

Sergeant of police team deployed to Yuendumu, used 'filthy, racist terms' in 2019, Kumanjayi Walker inquest hears

The sergeant in charge of the tactical police team deployed to Yuendumu on the night Kumanjayi Walker was shot was involved in sending "racist" text messages.

ABC News · Oct 19, 2022

NT senator calls for urgent action to tackle Yuendumu crime after attack on grandmother

As feuding among family groups escalates in the remote outback town, Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Price says her grandmother needed to be rushed to hospital with head injuries.

ABC News · Oct 19, 2022

NT Police Officer Adam Eberl tells Kumanjayi Walker inquest he regrets 'unprofessional' comment made in Yuendumu

Sergeant Adam Eberl has told the coroner a comment he made in response to a Yuendumu community member asking about his AR-15 rifle was "unprofessional".

ABC News · Oct 17, 2022

NT Health staff have revealed to a coronial inquest why Kumanjayi Walker was left without their assistance on the night he died

When remote nurse Lorraine Walcott arrived in Yuendumu on the night Kumanjayi Walker was shot by Constable Zachary Rolfe, all she could do was officially pronounce the local 19-year-old dead.

ABC News · Oct 14, 2022

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2022

Kumanjayi Walker inquest: the ‘almost impossible’ task of keeping nurses in remote Australia

The inquest into the teen’s death has highlighted how vacancy rates often result in a lack of medical attention

ABC News · Oct 13, 2022

Kumanjayi Walker coronial inquest hears of 'significant' shortfalls in health services in Central Australia

Almost a quarter of all nursing roles and half of all mental health-related positions are unfilled in Central Australia, an inquest has been told, while it is "almost impossible" to recruit workers to the remote community where Kumanjayi Walker was killed.

AAP · Oct 12, 2022

Health workers feel safe in Yuendumu

A Northern Territory inquest into an Indigenous teen's shooting death has heard health workers still feel safe in the community.

ABC News · Oct 12, 2022

NT Health manager didn't consult with police before evacuating Yuendumu medical staff, Kumanjayi Walker's inquest hears

A manager with the Northern Territory Health Department says he did not know nursing staff wanted to stay in Yuendumu when he ordered their evacuation, and did not speak directly to them or to local police beforehand.

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ABC News · Oct 11, 2022

Nurse recounts break-ins at Yuendumu health staff homes at coronial inquest into Kumanjayi Walker's death

A nurse who left Yuendumu the day Kumanjayi Walker was fatally shot has told the Northern Territory coroner she felt the decision to evacuate the remote community "went against everything" she had learned.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2022

Aboriginal health staff not included in meeting about evacuating nurses before Kumanjayi Walker shot, inquest told

Clinic manager tells court the meeting was about more than break-ins at nurses homes and that Indigenous staff should have been involved

ABC News · Oct 10, 2022

Yuendumu nurse recalls night of Kumanjayi Walker shooting as coronial inquest resumes

A former Yuendumu health clinic manager has told the NT coroner there was a lack of communication with the community over a decision to evacuate medical staff, hours before Kumanjayi Walker was fatally shot by a police officer.

ABC News · Oct 9, 2022

Kumanjayi Walker inquest to resume in Alice Springs, with NT Health under the spotlight

Senior health workers and clinic nurses are expected to give evidence to the Northern Territory coroner, as the inquest into the fatal police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker resumes.

AAP · Oct 9, 2022

Anger at absent NT medicos after teen shot

An inquest into an Indigenous teen's shooting death has heard some members of his community blamed absent health workers for his death.

ABC News · Sep 30, 2022

Kumanjayi Walker was fatally shot by Constable Zachary Rolfe three years ago. Here are the key moments from the inquest so far

One month into the marathon coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker, "appalling" text messages and accusations of racism have dominated the evidence. Here's what the coroner has heard so far.

ABC News · Sep 26, 2022

Coroner hears of 'social gathering' at Zachary Rolfe's house, two days after Kumanjayi Walker shooting

The inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker has heard a social gathering at Constable Zachary Rolfe's home had the "potential to contaminate" his evidence.

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