ASIC rejects claims Urban Rampage ban is hurting First Nation communities

ASIC rejects claims Urban Rampage ban is hurting First Nation communities

Australia’s corporate watchdog has defended itself against claims its ban on credit purchases from a retail chain that targets remote Indigenous communities is having a “disastrous impact” on First Nations customers.

  • byJack Latimore

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‘It’s given us hope’:The Indigenous clan that finally has a seat at the table

‘It’s given us hope’:The Indigenous clan that finally has a seat at the table

The Wamba Wemba people of north-west Victoria have become the first traditional owner group not recognised by the government to hold a seat on the First Peoples’ Assembly.

  • byJack Latimore
Sex offenders gain access to children through Aboriginal meeting places

Sex offenders gain access to children through Aboriginal meeting places

Registered sex offenders have signed up as members of Aboriginal meeting places that run cultural tours for children,raising community fears that abusers can get access to kids.

  • byErin Pearson andJack Latimore
In the shadow of roadworks,preserving the last remaining billabongs in Melbourne

In the shadow of roadworks,preserving the last remaining billabongs in Melbourne

Major projects like the North East Link have altered the landscape while introduced species such as foxes,carp and deer continue to harm complex ecosystems.

  • byJack Latimore
Calls for Victoria to return remains of nearly 2000 Indigenous people to community
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Calls for Victoria to return remains of nearly 2000 Indigenous people to community

Leaked figures reveal 1834 ancestral remains of Indigenous people are being held by the Victorian government.

  • byJack Latimore
‘Cowboy stuff with no rules’:Inside the Kumanjayi Walker inquest

‘Cowboy stuff with no rules’:Inside the Kumanjayi Walker inquest

The 2019 death of a young Aboriginal man in the Northern Territory has uncovered an alarming policing culture.

  • byJack Latimore
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Special administrator clears Bunurong sites officer

Special administrator clears Bunurong sites officer

An independent review of a former cultural heritage manager found no evidence of any criminal conduct.

  • byJack Latimore
Anniversary of stolen generations apology brings mixed feelings

Anniversary of stolen generations apology brings mixed feelings

The significance of this year’s commemoration is heavily loaded after the landslide referendum defeat,with questions about whether it should be remembered as an annual event.

  • byJack Latimore
Treaty addresses failures revealed by scathing review:Victorian Indigenous leaders

Treaty addresses failures revealed by scathing review:Victorian Indigenous leaders

An independent assessment of Australia’s failure to improve outcomes for Indigenous people confirms that governments need to share power with Indigenous organisations,they say.

  • byJack Latimore
This deal was meant to be a game-changer for Indigenous people. It hasn’t moved the dial

This deal was meant to be a game-changer for Indigenous people. It hasn’t moved the dial

A blistering Productivity Commission review says governments have not delivered on their landmark 2020 agreement to transform the way public servants and politicians work with Indigenous Australians.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andJack Latimore
The Coalition says cultural heritage rules are ‘unworkable’. But it once claimed credit for them

The Coalition says cultural heritage rules are ‘unworkable’. But it once claimed credit for them

The “strict” criteria in the Aboriginal cultural heritage management legislation that apparently spurred the Victorian Coalition into withdrawing its support for a treaty appears to be largely the result of efforts by a previous Coalition government.

  • byJack Latimore