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‘You must step in’: family of Kumanjayi White demand federal government support after death in custody

Grandfather Ned Hargraves says there is ‘no trust’ between the remote community of Yuendumu and NT police

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Call for federal police to examine death in custody

An investigation into the death of a young Aboriginal man in police custody should be taken over by federal police, an Indigenous MP says.

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Aboriginal community shaken by second death in Australian police custody

Kumanjayi White’s death at Alice Springs supermarket raises painful memories for Warlpiri community.

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Police reject independent probe into death in custody

Police have dismissed calls for an independent investigation into a young disabled man's death in custody as community members held an emotional vigil.

AAP

Family wants footage of police death in custody

A community's loss of a second young man in police custody could postpone a long-awaited announcement of coronial findings into the first death.

AAP

Return of artefacts after 50 years 'will be remembered'

Two dozen significant objects have been returned to Warlpiri people, who say the artefacts will be instrumental in preserving and continuing cultural practice.

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A Warlpiri ancestor disappeared down the ‘white pipeline’. Finally it was time for him to return

The return of the ancestor to Yuendumu from Adelaide after 60 years revealed the involvement of my own family member, a dental anthropologist

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Ancestor whose remains sat in dental school box for decades returned to Northern Territory community

Yuendumu celebrates as remains of Warlpiri man repatriated from Adelaide after more than 50 years

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Kumanjayi Walker inquest: coroner declines Zachary Rolfe’s request to recuse herself from case

Rolfe had applied for Elisabeth Armitage to recuse herself on the grounds of apprehended bias after she met Yuendumu community members

The Guardian - AU

Kumanjayi Walker inquest: coroner to decide on recusing herself after Zachary Rolfe questions impartiality

Application by the former NT police officer increases chance case could be further delayed

The Guardian - AU

Rolfe's bias accusations against coroner 'groundless'

Zachary Rolfe's lawyers say a coroner did not "distance herself" from conversations about "spearing"t he former cop as punishment for Kumanjayi Walker's death.

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Long-awaited police report on death of Kumanjayi Walker critical of ‘military police response’

Previously confidential report describes ‘warrior-like mentality’ among force that contained ‘vast over-representation of former military members’

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ICAC clears Michael Gunner of alleged political interference in charging of Zachary Rolfe

Michael Gunner has been cleared of alleged political interference over the decision to charge former Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe with the murder of Kumanjayi Walker.

ABC News

Suppression order lifted over police report into death of Kumanjayi Walker

The report contains highly critical reviews of NT Police processes and concerns raised by prosecutors about the expert witnesses called in the murder case against former police officer Zachary Rolfe.

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Caring for the half-wild dogs of Yuendumu’s Aboriginal community

Gloria Morales has spent decades looking after the dogs of a remote Indigenous community in central Australia.

ABC News

Zachary Rolfe dismissal 'a win' for Yuendumu community, 'disappointing' for police union

The family of Kumanjayi Walker, the man Zachary Rolfe fatally shot while on police duty in remote Central Australia, say they "feel a grave sense of relief" following Mr Rolfe's dismissal from the NT Police Force.

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Cardiologists and First Nations leaders on mission to stop rheumatic heart disease in Central Australia

Gavin Wheaton still remembers seeing his first case of rheumatic heart disease in the Central Australian town of Yuendumu 40 years ago. Now, he's one of a group of cardiologists travelling remote areas screening for the disease.

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The NT coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker has adjourned after two weeks. Here's what happened this week

The inquest into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker has adjourned until July after a further two weeks of evidence, with attitudes, culture and discipline within the NT Police force in the spotlight.

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Housing and policing in remote NT communities under scrutiny, as coroner adjourns shooting inquest

The dilapidated state of remote housing in the Northern Territory was probed on the last day of hearings for several months in the coronial inquest into the death of the Indigenous teenager.

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Yuendumu property now a ‘memory house’ for Walker

The home where Kumanjayi Walker was shot by police is now a "memory house" and is being removed from the NT's public housing stocks.

ABC News

Kumanjayi Walker exhibited additional needs in primary school, but was not assessed until adolescence, coroner hears

The coroner hears how there were "very clear missed opportunities" to assist Kumanjayi Walker as a child, at the inquest into his death in a remote community in 2019.

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Former AFP assistant commissioner fronts inquest into death of Kumanjayi Walker in Alice Springs

A former assistant commissioner of the Australian Federal Police has criticised the executive oversight of the team deployed to Yuendumu to arrest Kumanjayi Walker in 2019, describing it as "totally lacking".

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Walker inquest hears every NT government agency, service provider to be reviewed for systemic racism

Former NT Australian of the Year Leanne Liddle fronts an inquest into the shooting death of an Indigenous man in Alice Springs, telling the coroner she has seen "many" examples of systemic racism in the NT Police Force.

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NT Police sergeant tells inquest he did not offer legal defence to Zachary Rolfe during Kumanjayi Walker shooting investigation

Sergeant Ian Nankivell gives evidence to the long-running inquiry into Kumanjayi Walker's death, answering questions about a text message he sent to a colleague of Constable Zachary Rolfe the morning after.

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NT Police Deputy Commissioner Murray Smalpage tells Kumanjayi Walker inquest he has seen no evidence of 'systemic' racism in force

While Murray Smalpage said there were improvements to be made within the NT Police force, he stopped short of accepting there was systemic racism within the ranks.

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