Samantha Dick
Journalist at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Samantha Dick
The highly anticipated Supreme Court trial of celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright has been delayed by three weeks and is now set to start on July 28. The star of Netflix's Wild Croc Territory and National Geographic's Outback Wrangler was due to face an eight-week trial in the Northern Territory Supreme Court from July 7, for allegedly attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty |Samantha Dick
The grandfather of Kumanjayi White, who died in police custody in Alice Springs last week, has renewed his calls for CCTV vision and an independent inquiry into the death. The NT Police Force and the NT chief minister have defended the force's decision to internally investigate the incident. A lawyer for Kumanjayi White's family has formally requested NT police appoint an external body to investigate the death.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Samantha Dick |Anisha Pillarisetty
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the names of Indigenous people who have died, used with the permission of their families. A former Coles worker familiar with a young Aboriginal man who died in police custody at the Alice Springs supermarket last week says it was obvious he had a disability and needed help to do his shopping.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Samantha Dick |Isabella Tolhurst
An Alice Springs town councillor and senior Alyawerre man says his town is at breaking point, after a young man died in police custody this week. The 24-year-old Warlpiri man from Yuendumu died after he was restrained by NT police officers following an altercation with a supermarket security guard. NT police say the man was placing items down the front of his clothing at the Coles supermarket in Alice Springs on Tuesday, when he was confronted by security guards.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty |Samantha Dick
A 24-year-old Aboriginal man who died after being restrained by police in Alice Springs was from the remote community of Yuendumu. Northern Territory police said the man stopped breathing shortly after two officers restrained him at a Coles supermarket about 1:10pm on Tuesday following an altercation. Assistant Commissioner Travis Wurst said the man was placing items down the front of his clothing when he was confronted by security guards.
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The NT's public guardian has revealed why some adults are at risk of being under guardianship when there's no need @abcnews https://t.co/xrBazvuLeh
RT @je_thom_: Important story: Indigenous people in Alice Springs may have to represent themselves in court, due to an exodus of lawyers fr…
An Aboriginal woman's fight to get off guardianship in the remote NT has revealed a deeper problem with "culturally biased" cognitive exams, says leading psychologist @TracyWesterman @abcnews https://t.co/qmViomyTPp