Matt Cunningham
Northern Australia Correspondent and Darwin Bureau Chief at Sky News Australia
Northern Australia Correspondent and Darwin Bureau Chief for @SkyNewsAust. Former @TheNTNews ed and @theheraldsun
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1 week ago |
skynews.com.au | Matt Cunningham
Lawyers for reality TV star Matt Wright are seeking access to phone records taken from the mother of the pilot who was flying the helicopter that killed Wright’s co-star Chris “Willow” Wilson. Mr Wright is facing three charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice, relating to the crash that killed Wilson during a crocodile-egg collecting mission in February 2022. Pilot Sebastian Robinson suffered life-altering injuries in the crash.
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2 weeks ago |
skynews.com.au | Matt Cunningham
Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has hit out at federal politicians calling for an independent investigation into the death in custody of an Aboriginal man in Alice Springs, saying their attempts to politicise the issue are appalling. Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man with a disability, died after he was arrested by two plain-clothed police officers in the Coles Supermarket in Alice Springs on May 27.
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2 weeks ago |
skynews.com.au | Matt Cunningham
The Prime Minister has pushed back against calls for federal intervention following two Aboriginal deaths in custody in the Northern Territory. NT Police are investigating the death of a 68-year-old man who was taken into protective custody by Australian Federal Police officers on May 30. Police said the man was taken into custody after he was too intoxicated to board a flight from Darwin Airport.
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3 weeks ago |
skynews.com.au | Matt Cunningham
Northern Territory cattlemen have been dealt a blow in their bid for compensation over the Gillard government’s decision to ban live cattle exports in 2011. The federal court has ruled the government is only liable for the loss of income suffered in one year, not three years as sought by the cattlemen. Former Labor agriculture minister Joe Ludwig announced the ban on June 7, 2011.
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2 months ago |
skynews.com.au | Matt Cunningham
A teal independent has defended his decision to take to the stage in protest at an economic development conference in Darwin. Phil Scott, the Climate 200-backed candidate in the Northern Territory seat of Solomon, was filmed being escorted by security guards from the stage at the Developing Northern Australia Conference held at the Darwin Convention Centre in July 2023.
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