[Link] Zachary Rolfe trial: no ‘reasonable’ grounds for shooting Kumanjayi Walker second and third time, court hears

Read: 1/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

Police officer Zachary Rolfe did not have “reasonable” grounds to shoot Kumanjayi Walker a second and third time, and the second and third shots provided no tactical advantage in the attempted arrest of the Aboriginal man, a former Northern Territory police defensive tactics trainer told Rolfe

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[Link] Park lands hub helps Aboriginal rough sleepers return to Country

Read: 9/12/2021 indaily.com.au

Puti on Kaurna Yerta in the southern park lands. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDailySince opening in October, the Puti on Kaurna Yerta hub has helped 75 Aboriginal people – approximately half of whom came from the Northern Territory – to travel from Adelaide back to Country.

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[Link] Amnesty UK accused of ‘spreading false information’ about Northern Territory Covid outbreak

Read: 26/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Amnesty UK has been accused of “spreading false information” about the Northern Territory’s Covid outbreak in an extraordinary joint statement from the territory’s peak Aboriginal health organisation and Amnesty’s own Australian operation.

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[Link] Tennant Creek Aboriginal leaders say $80m aid package prompted by toddler's rape is being misdirected

Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

John Fitz Jakamarra and the other members of Tennant Creek's Apurtu traditional owner group feel the Central Australian town is descending into chaos.

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