Jack Latimore

Radical activist or savvy senator? Why Thorpe’s departure is no surprise

By Jack Latimore February 6, 2023 — 7.30pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. The resignation of Senator Lidia Thorpe from the federal Greens did not come as a shock to party insiders who had viewed her exit as a matter of when not…

The problems in Alice Springs prove why we need a Voice – not the opposite

January 28, 2023 — 5.00am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had little alternative but to engage head-on with the Opposition Leader’s mischievous campaign this week around an upsurge of crime in Alice…

‘It was very disrespectful’: Dispute over Chris Hemsworth filming at sacred site

By Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Jack Latimore January 22, 2023 — 4.24pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. First Nations groups are divided over a television show depicting Australian Hollywood action hero Chris Hemsworth joining a…

Raising Indigenous voices on a Voice to parliament

When Aunty Ruth Dunn was a child, she lived under the rule of an Aboriginal mission manager who controlled most aspects of everyday life. The days of the mission manager are long gone, it has been 15 years since the Rudd government apologised for the…

Victoria misses deadline for UN’s anti-torture protocols as prison pressure mounts

By Jack Latimore January 18, 2023 — 12.03pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. The Victorian government will miss the latest deadline to establish protocols to prevent torture and inhumane treatment of detained people as the state’s…

Police union labels move to abolish public drunkenness laws reckless

By Jack Latimore and David Estcourt January 16, 2023 — 7.25pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Victoria’s much-criticised public intoxication laws will be abolished and not replaced by new move-on powers despite opposition from the…

‘Shameful day for Australia’: Santos given green light to drill 850 gas wells in native forest

By Jack Latimore December 20, 2022 — 3.59pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. The National Native Title Tribunal has ruled in favour of a $3 billion gas development in northern NSW that will allow Santos to drill more than 850 coal…

Brother’s life in jail and tragic death: Yoorrook inquiry hears elder’s story

By Jack Latimore December 16, 2022 — 7.16pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. “I’m going to tell you a story, that’s not in my submission, but I’m going to tell you a personal story.” What followed in the heartbreaking moments of…

Victorian police bosses to face scrutiny over treatment of First Peoples

By Jack Latimore December 13, 2022 — 6.55pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Former and current police commissioners and ministers, police association secretaries and other senior bureaucrats will be called to give evidence at…

First Peoples’ elder demands rise in age of responsibility

By Jack Latimore December 12, 2022 — 3.45pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. The co-chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria has implored the state government to urgently raise the age of criminal responsibility and has…

Centuries-old St Kilda red gum at the centre of a native title claim

By Jack Latimore December 9, 2022 — 7.00pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Thousands of commuters pass it every day, but few know of the significance of the gnarled red gum towering above a small sanctuary of native bush, grasses…

Child protection workers racist towards Indigenous families, commission hears

By Jack Latimore December 6, 2022 — 7.10pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Child protection workers within the former Department of Health and Human Services were racist and disparaging towards the Aboriginal families and…

Call to raise age of criminal responsibility and stop ‘pipeline of shattered Indigenous children’

By Jack Latimore December 5, 2022 — 5.39pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. The Yoorrook Justice Commission has called for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised from 10 to at least 14, to help stop vulnerable Indigenous…

‘Truth receivers’: The listeners who help Indigenous people share their stories with Yoorrook inquiry

By Jack Latimore December 4, 2022 — 5.00am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. It was only in the past six years, after the death of her grandfather, that Tara Fry learned the devastating truth of her family history. Growing up, her…

Hayne says concerns that Indigenous Voice could derail parliament a ‘column of smoke’

By Jack Latimore and Nicole Precel November 25, 2022 — 7.03pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Former High Court judge Kenneth Hayne has dismissed concerns by conservatives such as Tony Abbott that the Indigenous Voice to…

‘We wanted to move the needle’: What inspired Briggs to curate a new festival

By Jack Latimore November 13, 2022 — 5.00am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Archie Roach was always meant to be part of the First & Forever festival at Hanging Rock. But, in lieu of his performance, the festival will be a…

Victoria marks history-making final steps in treaty process

By Jack Latimore October 20, 2022 — 11.59am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. The final steps in Victoria’s history-making treaty process were signed off on Thursday, in a moment that could jump-start some negotiations a year ahead…

‘Full of magic’: Uncle Jack Charles remembered in emotional state funeral

By Jack Latimore October 18, 2022 — 6.56pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. It would be a rare state funeral service that was live-streamed into Victoria’s prisons, remand centres and youth justice centres, but Uncle Jack Charles…

Hawthorn players urged to speak to Yoorrook truth and justice commission

By Jack Latimore October 8, 2022 — 5.00am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Victoria’s First Nations truth-telling commission has encouraged the families at the centre of the Hawthorn racism probe to come before the royal…

Anti-torture watchdog to probe Australia’s commitment to end rights abuses in jail

By Jack Latimore October 6, 2022 — 11.59am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Solitary confinement and routine strip searches in prisons and police cells will be among practices scrutinised by a United Nations anti-torture watchdog…