Milosevic and Israel: Comparison of International Responses
International government response to the war in Yugoslav versus that in Gaza highlights the poor support given to the isolated and weak.
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August 29, 2026
Where Have All The Palestinians Gone – And What Would Bring Them Back?
Conscience demands that we acknowledge the decimation in Palestine, from lives to villages, straining justice.
August 28, 2026
Institutional Unity in the Shielding of Angel Marina
Multiple agencies have acted as a single entity to protect Angel Marina from being held to account for racism.
August 27, 2026
The Permanent Emergency: How Temporary Powers Become Tools of Domination
Emergency legislation implemented for sound reasons can become the tool of unscrupulous and unethical people if not dismantled when no longer needed.
August 26, 2026
Aeschylus’ Suppliants and Asylum: Moral Obligation and Political Danger
Throughout the ages, displacement and asylum have tested the willingness of states to balance compassion against risk.
August 25, 2026
Eroding Trust: ACT Policing and the Use of Force in the National Capital
ACT Policing's lack of transparency into officers' misconduct diminishes public trust.
August 23, 2026
Ridge and Fire: “The Aboriginal Mother” and Colonial Australia
Documenting a horrific slaughter of Indigenous people, Dunlop's poem names murder and appeals to the God of the coloniser for justice.
August 22, 2026
Street Art: A Gift from Gina by Scott Marsh
Paint, Power and the Public Wall: Street art as political speech
Street art documents and comments on social issues, often disappearing in an act of silence emblematic of the message in the art itself.
August 21, 2026
Poetry as a Form of Resistance: Voice, Witness, and the Defiance of Oppression
Poetry is the art of remaining human, a happening, an act of resistance that even when the pages that held it are burned, lives on.
August 20, 2026
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner
Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution
How a failed accountant, a compliant university registrar and a police force with a race problem manufactured a case against an Indigenous public servant.
August 19, 2026
Jason Arday: A Neutral Account of the Allegations versus Racial Targeting
A synthesis of public reporting as of 17 August 2026. Cause of death has not been confirmed.
August 18, 2026
Commonwealth Government / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Government / Racism / Sexism / Uncategorized
Pauline Hanson’s Politics Of Personal Dislikes
To dislike it not enough. The opinion of the leader must translate to policy a justifiable bind, especially when it touches those already disadvantaged.
August 17, 2026
Unfinished Reckoning: Auschwitz and the Fires Still Burning
The legacy of Auschwitz remains the same as at the day of liberation - to remember how the horrors of Holocaust were allowed to happen.
August 16, 2026
The Unspoken Ledger: Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Manufactured Scarcity
Federal and state budgets choose to neglect crucial supports for people in need in favour subsidies for fossil fuel corporations.
August 15, 2026
Children in the Square: Say no to Hanson and the grammar of denial
Hanson's response to the youth protest against One Nation fails to address the substance of the concerns with which students take issue.
August 14, 2026
What the 2026 Census Chose Not to Ask
Assiduous avoidance of key societal issues in the 2026 Census demonstrates government priorities overlook several key societal issues.
August 13, 2026
The Mirror and the Muzzle: Indigenous Truth and the Australian Press
Australian newsrooms haven’t reflected the country they report on in years. New audit data, Closing the Gap figures and justice reinvestment evidence show why.
August 12, 2026
The Scare Politics of Islam: Distraction, Fear and the Contested Terrain of Identity
Fear of Islam has been weaponised for votes - and Islamist violence is real. An evidence-based look at where distraction ends and threat begins.
August 11, 2026
Ten Hanson Comments on Indigenous Australians and their Substance
An examination of the veracity of several of Pauline Hanson's key statements about Indigenous people.
August 10, 2026
A Later Reformation? Rethinking the Christianity–Islam Timing Argument
The difference between Christianity and Islam is not entirely religious, being a product of geopolitics as much as theological and philosophical traditions.
August 9, 2026