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Author: Bakchos

This author has written 967 articles
I Believe in Australia: Realising Infinite Potential Through Courage and Unity
Australian Aborigines / Democracy / First Nations/Indigenous / Shared humanity

I Believe in Australia: Realising Infinite Potential Through Courage and Unity

The opportunity for Australians of all colours, creeds and origins to reject division are within our reach.

0 Comments
May 11, 2025
A Taylor-Price Leadership Team: Pulling the Liberal Party Further Right
Accountability / Commonwealth Government / Democracy / Government

A Taylor-Price Leadership Team: Pulling the Liberal Party Further Right

A Taylor-Price opposition leadership team with its populist strategies will result in further irrelevance among the electorate.

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May 10, 2025
Climate Change: An Existential Threat to Humanity
Environment

Climate Change: An Existential Threat to Humanity

Climate change is an existential threat to life on earth, but one that that can be mitigated by global cooperation.

0 Comments
May 9, 2025
Do Not Go Gently into That Good Night: Humanity in Its Twilight Years
Accountability / Domestic Law / Genocide / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / International Law / United Nations

Do Not Go Gently into That Good Night: Humanity in Its Twilight Years

Humanity is grappling with its own impermanence, unwilling to surrender but uncertain of how to endure.

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May 8, 2025
Election 2025: Hard-Right Policies, Billionaire Influence and Media
Accountability / Commonwealth Government / Government

Election 2025: Hard-Right Policies, Billionaire Influence and Media

The fortunes of the Coalition were starkly divided between urban and regional areas, with the Liberal Party seen as elitist by urban voters.

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May 7, 2025
The Liberal Party’s 2025 Electoral Disaster: Influence of Advance Australia, GetUp! and the Teals
Accountability / Commonwealth Government / Government / Propaganda

The Liberal Party’s 2025 Electoral Disaster: Influence of Advance Australia, GetUp! and the Teals

Abstract The 2025 Australian federal election delivered a catastrophic defeat for the Liberal-National Coalition, with the Liberal Party, under Peter Dutton, projected to hold only 25 seats in the House…

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May 6, 2025
Dutton’s Defeat: Has Australia Turned Its Back on Divisive Politics?
Accountability / Commonwealth Government / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / Government / Racism / Xenophobia

Dutton’s Defeat: Has Australia Turned Its Back on Divisive Politics?

The recent federal election in Australia has been nothing short of historic, marking a significant turning point in the nation’s political landscape. The landslide victory of the Australian Labor Party…

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May 5, 2025
The Coalition’s Electoral Defeat in 2025: Prioritising Loyalty to Peter Dutton and Jacinta Price’s MAGA Embrace as Key Factors
Accountability / Commonwealth Government / Government / Propaganda

The Coalition’s Electoral Defeat in 2025: Prioritising Loyalty to Peter Dutton and Jacinta Price’s MAGA Embrace as Key Factors

The Coalition’s defeat in the federal election was a self-inflicted wound, driven by narrow policy and divisive campaign tactics.

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May 4, 2025
The Banality of Evil and the Absurd: Mauthausen-Gusen, MAGA, QAnon and Modern Conspiracy Movements Through Albert Camus’s Existentialist Philosophy
Genocide / Government / Human Rights / Shared humanity

The Banality of Evil and the Absurd: Mauthausen-Gusen, MAGA, QAnon and Modern Conspiracy Movements Through Albert Camus’s Existentialist Philosophy

Mauthausen-Gusen serves as a reminder of the banality of evil, where thoughtless obedience facilitated genocide.

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May 3, 2025
Constructive Opposition in a Political Duopoly: Ideology, Negativity & Dutton’s Leadership
Commonwealth Government / Democracy / Government / Propaganda

Constructive Opposition in a Political Duopoly: Ideology, Negativity & Dutton’s Leadership

Dutton’s negativity erodes trust and stifles debate, with a consequence to democracy.

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May 2, 2025
Fear in Australian Society Since the Howard Government
First Nations/Indigenous / Propaganda / White Australia

Fear in Australian Society Since the Howard Government

Prime Minister John Howard instigated a climate of fear, an attitude that future leaders must counter with resilience and purpose.

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May 1, 2025
The Mediocrity of Australian Politics and the Rise of Independent Candidates: A Path to Democratic Renewal
Commonwealth Government / Government / Propaganda

The Mediocrity of Australian Politics and the Rise of Independent Candidates: A Path to Democratic Renewal

Independent candidates at the upcoming election could be the answer to the mediocrity embodied by the leaders of the duopoly.

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April 30, 2025
Welcome to Country and Reconciliation: Dutton’s Dog Whistle
Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Propaganda / Racism / Reconciliation / Stolen Generation / White Australia

Welcome to Country and Reconciliation: Dutton’s Dog Whistle

Outrage over the Welcome to Country is a dog whistle intended to set alight a racist agenda by a vocal minority.

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April 29, 2025
Border Security in Australian Federal Elections: Comparing the 2022 and 2025 Unauthorised Boat Arrival Controversies
Commonwealth Government / Government / Political theory / Propaganda / Refugees

Border Security in Australian Federal Elections: Comparing the 2022 and 2025 Unauthorised Boat Arrival Controversies

Media reports of unauthorised boat arrivals in Australia one week out from the Federal election recall similar claims by Morrison in 2022.

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April 28, 2025
The Shadow of Charisma: Donald Trump, Media and Social Media
Government / Propaganda

The Shadow of Charisma: Donald Trump, Media and Social Media

Donald Trump's charisma, the undeniable source of his popularity, casts a shadow that extends further than his legacy.

1 Comment
April 27, 2025
The Global Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century: The Interplay of Tyranny, Populism, and Media Influence
Hitler's proposed World Capital Germania.
Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Government / Political theory

The Global Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century: The Interplay of Tyranny, Populism, and Media Influence

The new century has seen a crisis of democracy across the world, as populism and economic pressures drive disillusionment.

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April 26, 2025
The Australian War Memorial: The Case for Solemn Contemplation over Glorification and Corporate Influence
Uncategorized

The Australian War Memorial: The Case for Solemn Contemplation over Glorification and Corporate Influence

Corporate sponsorship of the Australian War Memorial is at odds with its mission to honour the fallen and veterans.

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April 25, 2025
ANZAC Day and Indigenous Veterans: Sacrifice, Exclusion and Memorials of Recognition
Equality / First Nations/Indigenous

ANZAC Day and Indigenous Veterans: Sacrifice, Exclusion and Memorials of Recognition

The ANZAC legend lives one, but the service of the roughly 1,000 Indigenous men who served in World War II remain overlooked.

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April 24, 2025
Contested Historical Narratives and Education: Balancing Unity, Truth and the Rights of Descendants of Colonialism
Uncategorized

Contested Historical Narratives and Education: Balancing Unity, Truth and the Rights of Descendants of Colonialism

Suppressing unpleasant historical truths marginalises students and entrenches societal injustice.

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April 23, 2025
Australia’s Political Uniparty: Donor Influence and the Threat to Democracy and Economy
Accountability / Australian Labor Party / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Government

Australia’s Political Uniparty: Donor Influence and the Threat to Democracy and Economy

The ALP and LNP have become a uniparty motivated by life-long political careers and elite donors that erode democratic ideals.

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April 22, 2025
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Publications

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  • RAMSI - the scion of the juggernaut of greed

    Solomon Star
    13 October 2011
  • AFP accused of fabricating evidence, yet again

    Solomon Star (Print only)
    4 October 2011
  • Moti affair

    Solomon Star
    14 September 2011
  • Moti affair

    Fiji Sun
    12 September 2011
  • Moti appeal exposes mixed loyalties and judicial corruption

    Solomon Star
    22 July 2011
  • Moti end game

    FijiSun
    22 July 2011
  • Letters to the editor: Article by Bakchos

    Solomon Star
    20 July 2011
  • Co-operate or else! AFP thuggery for a white Australia

    Solomon Star
    24 June 2011
  • The strange case of Bill Johnson, a study in neo-colonial hypocrisy

    Solomon Star
    17 June 2011
  • Neo-colonialism in the Torres Strait

    Solomon Star
    14 June 2011
  • Moti and other affairs

    Solomon Star
    9 June 2011
  • Comment: Excellent Read

    Fiji Sun
    7 June 2011

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  4. Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution (16,876)
  5. Pig Feast: West Papua, Indonesia and Colonialism in Our Time (16,121)

Recent Posts

  • There Was Only One Tony MundineSeptember 1, 2026
  • Telescreen On The Toll Road: Nineteen Eighty-Four and New South Wales’s New Surveillance PowersAugust 31, 2026
  • Milosevic and Israel: Comparison of International ResponsesAugust 29, 2026
  • Where Have All The Palestinians Gone – And What Would Bring Them Back?August 28, 2026
  • Institutional Unity in the Shielding of Angel MarinaAugust 27, 2026
  • The Permanent Emergency: How Temporary Powers Become Tools of DominationAugust 26, 2026
  • Aeschylus’ Suppliants and Asylum: Moral Obligation and Political DangerAugust 25, 2026
  • Australian Values: Politics, Immigrants and Pauline HansonAugust 24, 2026
  • Eroding Trust: ACT Policing and the Use of Force in the National CapitalAugust 23, 2026
  • Ridge and Fire: “The Aboriginal Mother” and Colonial AustraliaAugust 22, 2026

Recent Comments

  1. Polina on Telescreen On The Toll Road: Nineteen Eighty-Four and New South Wales’s New Surveillance Powers

    Australia is beginning to look more and more like Putin’s Russia every day, beware the dictator lurking in the wings.

  2. Polina on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution

    Kelly the amount of corruption and racism that has gone on in the matters around Bakchos and his family is…

  3. Paulo on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution

    Wouldn’t it be grand Faceless to have “friends in the AFP” who render you Teflon coated, so no matter what…

  4. Paulo on Telescreen On The Toll Road: Nineteen Eighty-Four and New South Wales’s New Surveillance Powers

    I’m thinking back to your post on the Permanent Emergency. Beware the seemingly benign legislation. https://blakandblack.com/2026/08/26/the-permanent-emergency-how-temporary-powers-become-tools-of-domination/?unapproved=18249&moderation-hash=6d312ab63904585d0218e4ae02a7330f#comment-18249

  5. The Faceless Freedom Fighter on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution

    The all important question that remains to be answered is how did Jon White’s DPP managed to prosecute an Indigenous…

  6. The Faceless Freedom Fighter on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution

    Bakchos your prosecution was clearly racially and politically motivated, the people in charge of the departments and organisations that led…

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