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Zachary Rolfe evidence calls into question the testimony of several senior officers to the court earlier this weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAward certificates allegedly given out to members of an elite Northern Territory police unit were “clearly racist”, calling into question the evidence of several senior officers, a...

Kristin Shorten from The Australian told former police officer to ‘ignore the leftist reporting’, inquest into Indigenous man’s death hears Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA journalist at The Australian told Zachary Rolfe only two days after he shot and killed Kumanjayi Walker that she could “write an article...

Inquest hears Rolfe told former soldier he wanted to leave police force to find ‘wild work’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith agreed to provide overseas private security contacts to Zachary Rolfe after the then Northern Territory police officer said he wanted to leave the force to find “wild...

Inquest hears elite tactical unit held annual racist mock award but former police officer who shot Warlpiri man says he does not believe Aboriginal people were treated differentlyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA former police officer who shot and killed a Warlpiri man during an attempted arrest has told...

Court ruling is challenging for the Tiwi Islanders who fought the case and likely to prompt a rethink about how Indigenous cultural heritage matters are runGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s environment movement and fossil fuel interests are weighing the significance of a sharp judicial slapdown delivered in the federal court.In a judgment on Monday, Justice Natalie...