The inquest into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker, who was shot by a NT Police officer Constable Zach Rolfe November 9, 2019, will begin on Monday and run for approximately three months. Here is a draft list of witnesses.
| BLOCK ONE: INDEX EVENTS 5 September 2022 to 30 September 2022 | ||||||
| Name | Position | Brief Ref | Estimated date of call | |||
| Community members | ||||||
| Derek Williams | Aboriginal Community Police Officer (ACPO) | 7-139 7-140 7-140A 7-140AA | 6.9.22 | |||
| Warren Williams | Community leader, Chair WYDAC | 8-72 8-72A | 6.9.22 | |||
| Samara Fernandez-Brown | Cousin of Kumanjayi, WYDAC | 8-25A | 6.9.22 | |||
| Events at Yuendumu Police Station: 6-9 November 2019 | ||||||
| Sgt Anne Jolley | Currently the Sgt in charge at Yuendumu. | 7-69 7-69A | 7.9.22 | |||
| S/C 1st Class Christopher HAND | Police Officer at Yuendumu | 7-52 7-53A | 7.9.22 | |||
| S/C Lanyon SMITH | Police Officer at Yuendumu | 7-121 7-122 7-122A | 8.9.22- | |||
| Constable Felix ALEFAIO | Police Officer at Yuendumu | 7-2 7-2A | 8.9.20 | |||
| Legal argument in relation to objections to evidence and scope recently identified by Constable Rolfe | 9.9.20 | |||||
| Sgt Julie FROST | Senior Police Officer in Yuendumu | 7-36 7-37 7-38 7-39 7-39A 7-39B | 12.9.22- 13.9.22 | |||
| Events at Alice Springs Police Station: 30 October to 9 November 2019 | ||||||
| Constable Brad LYNCH | Constable, stationed at Alice Springs in Nov 2019. | 7-88 7-89 7-90 | 13.9.22 | |||
| Sergeant Evan KELLY | Police Sgt who led attempted arrest at Warlpiri camp on 7.11.19. | 7-72 7-73 7-73A | 14.9.22 | |||
| Constable Breanna BONNEY | Constable in Alice Springs. | 7-16 7-17 7-17A 7-17B | 14.9.20 | |||
| Constable Mitchell HANSEN | Constable, stationed at Alice Springs in Nov 2019. | 7-54 7-55 7-55A | 15.9.20 | |||
| Decision to deploy the IRT on 9 November 2019 | ||||||
| Superintendent Jody NOBBS | Superintendent at Southern Desert Division. | 7-101 7-101A | 15.9.22 | |||
| Sgt Shaun FURNISS | Watch Commander of the Southern Region | 7-41 | 19.9.22 | |||
| Senior Constable Shane McCORMACK | Senior officer, Alice Springs. | 7-95 7-96 7-96A | 19.9.22 | |||
| Ass Com Travis WURST | Acting Assistant Commissioner Travis Wurst of police involved in approval of IRT deployment. | 7-144 7-145 7-145A | 19.9.22 | |||
| Decision to deploy the IRT on 9 November 2019 | ||||||
| Senior Constable First Class Adam DONALDSON | Dog Unit. Attended with IRT on 9 Nov 2019. | 4-2 (BWV) 7-29 7-30 7-30A 7-30B | 20.9.22 | |||
| Constable First Class Anthony HAWKINGS | Member of IRT attending on 9 Nov 2019. | 4-4 7-57 7-58 7-59 7-59A 7-59B | 21.9.22 | |||
| Constable First Class Anthony EBERL | Member of IRT attending on 9 Nov 2019. | 4-3 7-31 7-32 7-33 7-33A 7-33B | 22.9.22 | |||
| Constable James KIRSTENFELDT | Member of IRT attending on 9 Nov 2019. | 4-5 7-79 7-80 7-80A 7-80B | 23.9.22 | |||
| Constable Zachary ROLFE | ||||||
| Constable Zachary ROLFE | Member of IRT attending on 9 Nov 2019. Fatally shot Kumanjayi WALKER. | 4-6 7-115A | 26.9.22- 28.9.22 | |||
| Events at Yuendumu Health Clinic on 9.11.19 | ||||||
| Luana SYMONDS | Registered nurse and Primary Health Centre Clinical Manager. | 9-12 | 29.9.22 | |||
| John ALTING | Clinic Nurse in November 2019. | 9-1 | 29.9.22 | |||
| Cassandra HOLLAND | Clinic Nurse in November 2019. | 9-6 9-7 | 29.9.22 | |||
| Vanessa WATTS | Clinic staff | 9-15 | 30.9.22 | |||
| Mathilda STARBUCK | Clinic Staff | 9-11 | 30.9.22 | |||
| Nurse Lorraine WALCOTT | Remote Nurse at Yuelamu | 9-14 | 30.9.22 | |||
| Decision to withdraw Yuendumu Health Staff on 9.11.19 | ||||||
| Helen GILL | Clinical Nurse Manager – PHC, CAHS. | 9-5 | 10.10.22 | |||
| David REEVE | General Manager – PHC, CAHS. | 9-9 | 10.10.22 | |||
| BLOCK TWO: INVESTIGATION AND POLICING 10 October 2022 to 4 November 2022 | ||||||
| Name | Position | Brief Ref | Estimated date of call | |||
| Immediate response to shooting and investigation | ||||||
| Senior Sergeant Terry ZHANG | Forward Commander at Yuendumu upon arrival from Alice Springs, | 7-147 | – | |||
| A/DCOP Michael WHITE | On 9 Nov, following advice of Kumanjayi Walker’s death, A/DCOP White declared a ‘Critical Incident/Major Crime’. | 7-138 | – | |||
| Superintendent PENNUTO | On 10 November 2019 appointed senior investigator in charge of investigation. | 7-109 7-109A 7-109B 7-109C | – | |||
| Det Sgt Kieran WELLS | Attached to Major Crime Squad | 7-136 | ||||
| Assistant Commissioner Martin DOLE | Commissioned Officer in overall charge of the investigation subsequently named ‘Operation Charwell’. | 7-27 7-28 | – | |||
| Deputy Commissioner Michael MURPHY | Commissioner of Police on 9 November. | 7-100 | – | |||
| Commander PROCTOR (retired) | On 10 August 2020, Commander Proctor officially delegated the role of Officer In Charge of Coronial Investigation. | 1-1 1-7 1-8 | – | |||
| Ass Com Nicholas ANTICICH (retired) | Was Assistant Commissioner Crime, Intelligence and Capability. | 7-4 | – | |||
| Detective Superintendent Scott POLLOCK (retired) | On 12 November, Supt Pollock appointed as Commissioned Officer in Charge of Coronial Investigation by A/DCOP White. | 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 7-111A | – | |||
| Detective Superintendent Lee MORGAN | Current Officer in Charge of Coronial Investigation | TBA | – | |||
| The IRT | ||||||
| Sgt Mike WILLIAMS | Senior Sergeant in Alice Springs involved in setting up the IRT. | 7-140B | – | |||
| Sgt Lee BAUWENS | IRT Officer in Charge as at 9 Nov. | 7-6 7-7 7-7A | – | |||
| Sgt Meacham KING | Tactical Commander for initial TRG attendance at Yuendumu on 9 November 2019. | 7-76 7-77 | – | |||
| Brad CURRIE | Involved in selection process for IRT. | 7-25 + IRT review | – | |||
| A/Superintendent Pauline VICARY (retired) | Superintendent, Alice Springs Division. | 7-132 7-133 | – | |||
| Superintendent James GREY- SPENCE | Officer in Charge of the TRG | 3-32 7-46 | – | |||
| Dr Narelle BEER | Assistant Commissioner of Police who conducted first review of IRT in 2019. | 7-10 7-11 7-12 | – | |||
| Superintendent Shaun GILL | Conducted review of the IRT | 7-44 7-45 | – | |||
| Further police witnesses | ||||||
| Acting Commission Bruce Douglas PORTER | Assistant Commissioner of the People and Cultural Reform Portfolio of the NTPOL. | 7-111B | – | |||
| Deputy Commissioner Murray John SMALLPAGE | Deputy Commissioner of the People, Crime and Capability Portfolio of NTPOL. | 7-120A | – | |||
| Constable Mark SYKES | Probationary Constable. | 7-123 7-124 | – | |||
| Acting Senior Sgt Paul KIRKBY | Acting Senior Sergeant of Police. | TBA – statement to be provided. | – | |||
| Sergeant Kevin AGNEW | Member of the Police Recruitment Section. | 3-3 7-1 | – | |||
| Constable 1st Class Brad WALLACE | Constable who provided cultural awareness training. | 12-1 to 12-6 7-133A 7-133B | – | |||
| Commander Hege RONNING- BURNS | Statement on cross cultural training | 7-115B | – | |||
| Sergeant Matthew ALLEN | Statement on cross cultural training | 7-2B | ||||
| Commander Sachin SHARMA | Superintendent in charge of the Police Recruitment and Selection Division between May 2015 and November 2018. | 3-5 7-117 7-118 | – | |||
| D/S Sgt Michael SCHUMACHER | Detective based in Alice Springs | TBA – statement to be provided. | – | |||
| Sgt Michael WYATT | Custody Sgt at the Alice Springs Police Station. | 7-145B | – | |||
| Senior Constable First Class Michael KENT | Police instructor at the Northern Territory Police College. | 7-73B | – | |||
| Superintendent Virginia READ | Detective Acting Commander with the Professional Standards Command. | 7-115 7-115AA | – | |||
| Acting Senior Sergeant Alistair GALL | Acting Senior Sergeant who supervised Constable Rolfe. | 7-42 | – | |||
| BLOCK THREE: YUENDUMU AND BROADER ISSUES 14 November 2022 to 25 November 2022 | ||||||
| Name | Position | Brief Ref | Estimated date of call | |||
| Civilian and community-based witnesses | ||||||
| Claudia CAMPAGNARO | Former police officer in Alice Springs. | 7-18 3-152 8-7 8-8 8-8A | – | |||
| Julie HARVEY | Delivered aged care and community services in Yuendumu from 2008-2018 | 8-32 | – | |||
| Kerri-Anne CHILVERS | Youth Case Coordinator who worked with Kumanjayi Walker. | 2-27 2-31 2-49 8-10 8-11 | – | |||
| Michael TIMEWELL | CEO, Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation (WYDAC) | – | ||||
| Charmaine Sherylee HAYE- JONKERS | Acting general manager of the Southern Tanami Kurdiji Indigenous Corporation. | 8-34 | – | |||
| Richard KRUGER | Worked with Kumanjayi Walker and his family from (May 2018 to March 2019) as a Senior Professional with Territory Families. | 8-40 | – | |||
| Malodali VUSONICEVA | Manager of CAAPU who worked with Kumanjayi Walker. | 8-63 | – | |||
| Brooke SHANKS | Youth Development and Lifelong Learning Manager- related through her partner, Max Kennedy, a cousin of Kumananjayi. | 8-58A | – | |||
| Steven MARSHALL | Chairperson, Parumpurru Committee | 8-42A | – | |||
| Bruno WILSON | Parumpurru Committee | 8-72B | – | |||
| Elizabeth KATAKARINGA | Parumpurru Committee | 8-38AA | – | |||
| Sally HALTON | Acting Primary Health Care Manager at the Clinic in Yuendumu | 9-5A | – | |||
| Naomi HEINRICH | Regional Executive Director, Central Australia Region, NT Health | 9-5B | – | |||
| Donna AH CHEE & Dr John BOFFA | Congress | – | ||||
| Carl HAMPTOM | Department of Chief Minister and Cabinet, based in Yuendumu | – | ||||
| Sarah HOPKINS | Co-Chair Just Reinvest | – | ||||
| Expert Evidence | ||||||
| Senior Sergeant Andrew BARRAM | Use of Force Expert | 10-3 10-4 10-5 10-6 10-7 10-8 10-9 | – | |||
| Ben McDEVITT | Use of Force Expert | 10-26 10-27 | – | |||
| Dr Yasmine MUSHARBASH | Anthropologist – has lived and worked in Yuendumu and written extensively on issues relevant to the community | 10-32 | – | |||
| Associate Professor Melinda HINKSON | Anthropologist – will give evidence regarding governance structures in Yuendumu over time, impact of these structures on Warlpiri disempowerment, contributors to youth offending, etc. | 10-30 | ||||
| Tamar HOPKINS | Academic – in relation to police oversight systems | 10-31 | ||||
| Professor Alexander McFARLANE | Professor of Psychiatry | 10-11 | ||||
| Further experts as advised and requested by NAAJA and Parumparru | Statements to be provided shortly | – | ||||
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