15 Facts About Jeremy Fernandez

Jeremy Fernandez is an Australian journalist and television news presenter with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Jeremy Fernandez was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to parents Joseph and Elizabeth.

Jeremy Fernandez has described himself as part of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Jeremy Fernandez joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2000 working as a producer for ABC Local Radio.

Jeremy Fernandez has presented programs on Australia Network and has worked as a voiceover artist for the Seven Network.

Jeremy Fernandez has worked with CNN International in London, UK as a writer and a producer before joining the ABC again in 2009, where he continues to work at the network's Sydney bureau.

In December 2012, Jeremy Fernandez replaced Felicity Davey as ABC News NSW weekend presenter.

In early 2017, Jeremy Fernandez hosted Lateline while regular hosts, Tony Jones and Emma Alberici were on leave.

In 2022 and 2023, Jeremy Fernandez was a presenter for the ABC's coverage of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade.

In February 2013, Jeremy Fernandez was racially abused by a female fellow passenger on a Sydney bus for about 15 minutes, while taking his two-year-old daughter to child care.

Jeremy Fernandez says that the woman's daughter had been physically abusing his child.

Jeremy Fernandez began hurling abuse and accused me of reaching behind our seats and touching her daughter.

Jeremy Fernandez says that, after the woman and her children left the bus, other passengers offered him their names and contact details as witnesses to the incident.

Jeremy Fernandez later talked to the bus driver, who said he should have moved.

Jeremy Fernandez has described this incident as his "Rosa Parks moment".