Yuendumu: The Trial
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Yuendumu: The Trial
Three seconds. Three gunshots. One explosive murder trial. As a young cop faces life in jail for killing a young Indigenous man in outback Australia, The Australian's Kristin Shorten and Matt Cunningham bring you unmissable daily insights. For full, ongoing award winning journalism covering Th...
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Introducing: Dying Rose Episode 1
A young mother missing in plain sight, her family’s quest for answers and a town that holds on to its secrets.
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Zachary Rolfe's Story Part 4: Murder Charge
Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe tells journalist Kristin Shorten about the moment he was charged with murder and why he believes he wa...
Zachary Rolfe's Story Part 3: Lethal Force
Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe recounts to journalist Kristin Shorten what he saw, felt and perceived when he found and fatally shot...
Zachary Rolfe' Story Part 2: IRT Deployment
Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe talks to journalist Kristin Shorten about that fateful Immediate Response Team deployment to Yuendumu...
Zachary Rolfe's Story Part 1: To Serve The Crown
Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe speaks to journalist Kristin Shorten about growing up in affluent Canberra, his military experience, j...
Day 23 - Not Guilty
Almost two-and-a-half years after Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker during an arrest at Yuendumu, the 30-y...
Yuendumu: The Documentary
It’s been two years and four months since Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe fatally shot Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker at Yuendumu.
Day 22 - Closing Addresses
The jury in Constable Zach Rolfe’s murder trial has heard that the NT Police top brass have “thrown everything” at the young cop to justify charging h...
Day 21 - A Question Of Intent
Prosecution counsel Phillip Strickland SC has asked a jury to consider what was going through the mind of Constable Zachary Rolfe when he fired the se...
Day 20 - Courtroom Combat
During a combative day of cross examination Crown prosecutor Phillip Strickland has accused Constable Zach Rolfe of “making up” evidence to justify hi...
Day 19 - Self Defence
Constable Zachary Rolfe has told the jury in his murder trial that he shot Kumanjayi Walker three times because he feared for his police partner’s lif...
Day 18 - The Accused
Within minutes of the Crown closing its case against Constable Zach Rolfe today, the young cop voluntarily took the stand in his murder trial to give...
Day 17 - Facebook Post
Shocking footage of a police shooting in the US has been played during Constable Zach Rolfe’s murder trial after it emerged that the NT Police Use of...
Day 16 - Star Witness
The star prosecution witness in the murder trial of Constable Zach Rolfe has criticised the young cop and his police partner for entering the house in...
Day 15 - Stab Wounds
An expert witness in the murder trial of Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe was asked to determine whether wounds suffered by the young...
Day 14 - Scissor Grip
An expert has testified that the scissors Kumanjayi Walker used to stab Constable Zach Rolfe before he was fatally shot must have been open for the sh...
Day 13 - Police Partner
The Immediate Response Team member who first encountered Kumanjayi Walker at his grandmother’s house the night he died said the Indigenous teen was st...
Day 12 - The Scissors
The forensic pathologist who conducted Kumanjayi Walker’s autopsy has given evidence about whether the scissors Walker stabbed Constable Zach Rolfe an...
Day 11 - Final Moments
They were the frantic final moments of Kumanjayi Walker’s life when, after he’d been shot three times by Constable Zach Rolfe, IRT members – including...
Day 10 - Defensive tactics
The Northern Territory Police Force’s own Defensive Tactics Training package has been used to defend Constable Zach Rolfe’s actions when he fatally sh...
Day 9 - The Wurst Call
The senior NT cop who ultimately approved the IRT’s deployment to Yuendumu claims the team was not sent to arrest Kumanjayi Walker due to their specia...
Day 8 - Missed Call
Just minutes before Kumanjayi Walker was fatally shot, a family member had tried calling his girlfriend’s mobile phone to warn them that police were o...
Day 7 - I Don't Recall
The first Immediate Response Team member – and the officer who drove to Yuendumu with Constable Zach Rolfe the night he shot Kumanjayi Walker – has ta...
Day 6 - Danger Zone
The highly experienced cop who hand-picked Constable Zachary Rolfe to arrest Kumanjayi Walker says "my firearm would be out" and he would be "100 perc...
Day 5 - The Chronology
The officer in charge at Yuendumu has faced a brutal cross examination about whether she withheld notes made about what happened the night police fata...
Day 4 - The Ops Plan
A senior Northern Territory cop with almost two decades experience has told a court that if he had been sent to arrest Kumanjayi Walker he would have...
Day 3 - Axe Attack
Confronting body-worn footage played in court has shown the terrifying moment a veteran bush cop begged Kumanjayi Walker for mercy when the 19-year-ol...
Day 2 - Knife Equals Gun
The police phrase “knife equals gun” is set to “loom large” throughout the murder trial of Northern Territory police officer Zach Rolfe, a court has h...
Day 1 - The Queen v. Rolfe
More than two years after a fatal police shooting in a remote outback community, The Queen v Zachary Rolfe is finally underway.
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Yuendumu: The Trial - Start Here
After nine long months of COVID-related delays, suppressed legal arguments and High Court interventions, the murder trial of Northern Territory police...
Pretrial Episode 8 - Tendency evidence
A new voir dire will be held before Christmas to thrash out whether tendency evidence can be presented to a jury in the highly anticipated murder tria...
Pretrial Episode 7 - The good faith defence
The High Court of Australia has delivered its highly anticipated decision about what defences are available to Northern Territory police officer Zacha...
Pretrial Episode 6 - a new trial date set
Lawyers for Northern Territory police officer Zach Rolfe have gone head-to-head with prosecutors in the High Court this week over what the young const...
Pretrial Episode 5 - Justice delayed
The highest court in the land has agreed to hear a challenge by Northern Territory prosecutors in the murder trial of police officer Zachary Rolfe.
Pretrial Episode 4 - Right to the top
The murder trial of Northern Territory Police officer Zachary Rolfe -- over the shooting death of Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker -- was set to start...
Pretrial Episode 3 - D-Day - or not
A crucial High Court decision on Monday morning - then a trial?
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Pretrial Episode 2 - We Want Justice
Kumanjayi Walker's troubled early life in a community "without hope" is revealed by his great-aunt as the trial approaches. Subscribe to The Australi...
Pretrial Episode 1 - Three Shots
Three seconds. Three gunshots. One explosive murder trial. As a young cop faces life in jail for killing a young Indigenous man in outback Australia,...
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Three seconds. Three gunshots. One explosive murder trial. As a young cop faces life in jail for killing a young Indigenous man in outback Australia,...