NT government to roll our sweeping changes to education sector
The Territory government has unveiled a major overhaul of the NT education system, scrapping middle school and attendance-based funding. But the devil is in the detail, something the government does not seem to have much of when it comes to the roll out of the sweeping changes.
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00:00 Returning to court to relive a night that sent ripples across the country.
00:07 Former NT Police Constable Zachary Rolfe is questioned for a fourth long day about the
00:12 2019 shooting of Kumonjai Walker.
00:15 The fact that they did not tell us, and I know this is an incredibly hard time for the
00:19 family, but there is a responsibility that has to be borne by not telling us that Kumonjai
00:24 Walker was inside that house.
00:26 I accept that's hurtful, but this is about the truth, and that's the truth from my perspective.
00:32 The coroner also heard had Mr Rolfe told his superiors he was on medication, he may not
00:37 have been deployed to Yundamu at all.
00:40 The then constable was on medication with side effects including seeing or hearing things
00:45 that others do not, and losing touch with reality.
00:48 But Mr Rolfe says his dosage was so low his doctor believed he wouldn't be affected, conceding
00:55 we'll never know what impact, if any, the medication you were taking impaired your conduct
01:00 on the 9th of November.
01:02 Correct.
01:03 Senior Northern Territory Police also filed affidavits with the coroner today rejecting
01:08 Mr Rolfe's earlier allegations of widespread racism within the elite territory response
01:14 group.
01:15 They noted annual TRG awards are handed out, but that a so-called "nougatr" award was a
01:20 made-up word given to the person who displayed the most caveman-like behaviour throughout
01:25 the year.
01:26 The court heard the award was renamed in 2022 following a thorough review of the TRG unit.
01:33 By then the unit was a lot better educated and more sensitive to the impact of perceptions
01:38 and misunderstandings from the Walker Coronial Inquest.
01:41 None of the awards have any connotation to race, the awards are not meant to be offensive.
01:48 Mr Rolfe was acquitted of all charges in 2022 and will continue answering questions tomorrow
01:54 when the inquest is expected to wrap up after 18 months of evidence.
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