Law Enforcement

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David Hicks and Lex Wotton – it’s all black and white

David Hicks and Lex Wotton, two of Australia’s notorious. No I’m not suggesting that they are members of that Sydney based pseudo-outlaw bikie gang allegedly connected with the Ibrahim family,…

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January 7, 2013
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity – but, only if you’re white
Accountability / Australian Aborigines / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Northern Territory Intervention / Queensland / Queensland Police / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / White Australia

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity – but, only if you’re white

Liberté, égalité, fraternité; the national motto of France, indeed the emphasis on Fraternité during the French Revolution led Olympe de Gouges, a contemporary French playwright, political activist and journalist, to…

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January 5, 2013
A Contributing Life: the reality of Australia’s first people
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government / Justice / Law Enforcement / Mental Health / Racism / Rule of Law / Sexism / Stanhope Government / Xenophobia

A Contributing Life: the reality of Australia’s first people

“… people with mental health problems want the same thing as everyone else. Even the disadvantaged should be able to lead a contributing life. This can mean many things. It…

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December 25, 2012
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Former Commissioner / Fred Martens / Government / Human Rights / Julian Moti / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law

The rule of law and the democratic process

“No-one ever argues that governments should have less integrity, that elected officials should not be accountable, or that public servants should behave unethically. Broad statements of the value of integrity,…

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December 10, 2012
Accountability / Asia-Pacific / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / Racism / Respect / Shared humanity / West Papua

The Medusa – the price we all pay for political corruption

Let us venture to advance another truth, a truth useful to the Minister himself. There exists among the officers of the Marine, an intractable esprit de corps, a pretended point…

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December 6, 2012
Destroy the Joint, schmoozing and the hypocrites
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / Sexism / Shared humanity

Destroy the Joint, schmoozing and the hypocrites

The announcement of a Royal Commission into child abuse by clergy is as big an issue as was the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption, if not bigger. This is…

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November 15, 2012
Accountability / ACT Government / Assimilation / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Domestic Law / Equality / Equality of opportunity / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / Sexism / United Nations

A hypocrite for a Prime Minister, a hypocrite for a Chief Minister

Each man reaches perfection by doing his own duty; he worships god – from whom all beings come, by whom this universe was stretched forth – by doing his appointed…

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November 13, 2012
Accountability / Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / ASIO / Australian Federal Police / Bill of Rights / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Democracy / Government / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / Solomon Islands / Terrorism / West Papua

The War on Terror and democracy’s faustian bargain

FAUSTUS: Ah, Faustus. Now hast thou but one bare hour to live, And then thou must be damn'd perpetually! Stand still, you ever-moving spheres of heaven, That time may cease,…

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September 18, 2012
Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Fred Martens / Government / Hypocrisy / International Law / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / PNG / Rule of Law

A lie by any other name does not make a truth, unless you’re the AFP

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its adversaries but rather by the fact that these adversaries finally die, and a new generation grows up familiar with the…

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August 22, 2012