Jason Walls

Wellington

Political Editor at Newstalk ZB

Newstalk ZB’s Political Editor based in the Press Gallery

Articles

Marion Scrymgour calls for outside detectives to head Kumanjayi White probe

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Jason Walls

Northern Territory MP Marion Scrymgour has called for Australian Federal Police (AFP) detectives to "take over" an investigation into the death in custody of an Aboriginal man in Alice Springs last week as a "first step towards healing and justice".
Government open to further changes to crack down on AI deepfake porn

3 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Jason Walls

Act MP Laura McClure showing an AI generated deepfake nude photo of herself in the House. Laura McClure displayed an AI-generated deepfake image of herself in Parliament to highlight the issue. She proposed a bill to criminalise the creation and sharing of non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes. The bill seeks to expand existing laws, but currently lacks government support to progress.
Act MP: Why I held up ‘my’ nude photo in Parliament

4 weeks ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | Jason Walls

Laura McClure displayed an AI-generated deepfake image of herself in Parliament to highlight the issue. She proposed a bill to criminalise the creation and sharing of non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes. The bill seeks to expand existing laws, but currently lacks government support to progress. On Wednesday, May 14, Act Laura McClure did something that no MP has ever done before. She held up a naked photo of herself in Parliament.
Act MP: Why I held up ‘my’ nude photo in Parliament

4 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Jason Walls

Act MP Laura McClure showing an AI generated deepfake nude photo of herself in the House / SUPPLIEDLaura McClure displayed an AI-generated deepfake image of herself in Parliament to highlight the issue. She proposed a bill to criminalise the creation and sharing of non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes. The bill seeks to expand existing laws, but currently lacks government support to progress. On Wednesday, May 14, Act Laura McClure did something that no MP has ever done before.
Investigation finds NT ICAC gave 'unwelcome attention' to female staff

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Jason Walls

A workplace investigation has found the Northern Territory's former Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC), Michael Riches, breached his statutory obligations, including by giving "special and/or unwelcome attention to female employees". Mr Riches resigned as ICAC earlier this month following an 11-month investigation into eight allegations made by 18 current and former staff in his office, with a redacted extract of the investigation report published on Monday afternoon.
Lawsuit claims teens forced to 'fight' for guards' 'entertainment' at Darwin's Don Dale detention centre

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Jason Walls

A former youth detainee who claims he was forced to "fight other children" for the guards' "entertainment" and spend hours cutting grass with scissors is suing the Northern Territory government for negligence, assault and false imprisonment. In a statement of claim filed with the NT Supreme Court, the man — who cannot be named for legal reasons — said he was detained at Darwin's notorious former Don Dale Youth Detention Centre as a teenager between February 2010 and June 2011.
Darwin community pays tribute to Linford Feick after supermarket stabbing

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Jason Walls |Matt Garrick

Nightcliff residents and friends of beloved Northern Territory supermarket owner Linford Feick have gathered to lay floral tributes and express their deep shock and sadness after his death. The 71-year-old was fatally stabbed at the Territory Friendly Grocer in Darwin's north on Wednesday afternoon, after confronting a man allegedly shoplifting. Police arrested an 18-year-old man that night and charged him with murder on Thursday evening.
Judge critical of law firm as Aboriginal stolen wages class action reaches $180 million settlement

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Jason Walls

A litigation funder will pocket one-sixth of a $180 million settlement in a historic Northern Territory stolen wages class action while the Aboriginal workers themselves will get "at least $10,000" each. Separately from the $180 million, the group's legal representatives at Shine Lawyers will get up to $15 million after a judge ruled the firm applied "an excessive level of human resources" to the case.
'Hands Off' is not enough. We need to reach out: Walls

2 months ago | seacoastonline.com | Jason Walls

I wasn’t at the “Hands Off” protests this weekend, but I know a lot of people who were. Good people. People who are scared, who are angry, and who are trying to figure out what’s next. That’s the real question, isn’t it? What’s next? Protests have their place. Sometimes you need to get out in the streets. Sometimes you need to yell. You need to see that you’re not alone, that you’re not crazy. Protests remind you that you are part of something larger, and that matters.
NT government settles with Wadeye residents over discriminatory healthcare lawsuit

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Jason Walls

Residents in the remote Aboriginal community of Wadeye have effectively settled a racial discrimination lawsuit with the Northern Territory government claiming they were unlawfully deprived of adequate healthcare. As part of the settlement the government has said it would endeavour to increase interpreters, allocate at least two full-time doctors and establish a local dialysis service in the community within three years.