Jack Latimore
Jack Latimore is the Indigenous affairs journalist at The Age. He is a Birpai man with family ties to Thungutti and Gumbaynggirr nations.
‘A place where Australia comes together’: All you need to know about the Garma Festival
Australia’s largest and most influential annual First Nations event begins in Arnhem Land at the weekend, with the Voice to parliament the central talking point.
- by Jack Latimore
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‘What happened to Veronica should never happen again’
Veronica Nelson’s partner and legal experts are calling for urgent bail law reform to prevent further Indigenous deaths in custody as a year-long wait looms for changes.
- by Jack Latimore, Broede Carmody and Rachel Eddie
Brisbane Lions pay homage to their Aboriginal roots in old Fitzroy
Brisbane Lions will celebrate their Fitzroy roots by transplanting seedlings from the 150-year-old Moreton Bay fig tree in Carlton Gardens.
- by Jack Latimore
Victorian First Peoples’ Assembly wants decision powers within four years
Aunty Esme Bamblett said the assembly was looking seven generations ahead when it came to thinking about the right to self-determination gained from a treaty.
- by Jack Latimore
Voice vote should be ‘earlier rather than later’: Malarndirri McCarthy
Malarndirri McCarthy is pushing for an earlier date for the Voice referendum to cope with the wet season up north, but says the prime minister will make the final call.
- by Jack Latimore
More than 30 per cent of Territorians are Indigenous. How do they see the Voice?
A schoolteacher and film director set out on a journey across remote communities in the NT to hear about the Voice - and think about their own decision.
- by Jack Latimore
The parable of the black swan: How Tasma Walton got caught in a native title scrap
The actor recounted a tale handed down by her grandmother when she gave evidence as the first witness in a native title application covering a vast stretch of Victoria’s coast from Werribee to Wilsons Promontory.
- by Jack Latimore
Tasma Walton wants out of native title court hearing after threats
The Federal Court heard Walton feared for her livelihood after being made the “poster child” for one side of the dispute.
- by Jack Latimore
‘Mermaids took him’: Harold Holt disappearance story cited in native title stoush
Actor Tasma Walton offered her grandmother’s explanation for the former prime minister’s demise to support an Aboriginal land claim.
- by Jack Latimore
‘No pride in genocide’: Thousands march in NAIDOC Week rally
Yorta Yorta woman Sarai Roe said the peaceful march was a great way to showcase the achievements of Indigenous people.
- by Jack Latimore
How to celebrate NAIDOC Week – or ‘Black Christmas’ – in Melbourne
NAIDOC Week has arrived, and with it an array of events to honour First Nations cultures and histories in Melbourne.
- by Jack Latimore