In my post titled Angelique, I noted that she was not the only Aboriginal person to have been discriminated against and forced out of the Australian Capital Territory Revenue Office…
Introduction In an interview with Sydney radio personality John laws in October 1996, then Prime Minister John Howard observed that “… the emphasis should not be on past wrongs but…
For the purpose of clarification and at the request of some of my readers, I thought it opportune to discuss the methodology I used in collecting my statements. To ensure…
In a month … Unkind words, Veiled sight; Stories lost Visions no longer seen; Dreams of a way Of a time Of a life Blown away, dust In a land…
Not two years old, you started Not for me, but spite; A black man boxer, strong and proud His spirit sought to break; Not two years old your brutal curse…
As I have expressed in my ‘About’ page, a major consideration for me in becoming a cyber-pamphleteer was to protest about the racist and subsequent violent treatment I have been…
An example of Indigenous people who are NOT scamming the system, but are still being exploited (it's basically work for the dole). These guys were better off on CDEP.
Arnhem Land … a place of legend, of beauty and wildlife, some of the world’s most priceless and vivid natural assets. A place of Dreamtime and an ancient way of…
While sitting in my office this morning I received a phone call from a distraught friend, advising me that a mutual friend, an Indigenous Australian Artist, had become the latest…
The Cold Joke has subtle application for the Way Australia's Indigenous peoples are treated by our own Government. White the torture we are subjected to on a daily basis is…
So says Ralph Waldo Emerson, but what do the police and bureaucracy say in Australia? Well it’s something like: “If you don’t give us the respect we believe you owe…
Sandhya Singh's paintings bring music to her paintings.
The abuse of human rights comes in many forms and places. It wears the face of the average neighbour just as easily as it does that of authority or a…
My approach to life owes much to Lao Tzu’s maximum: “Live life in all possible ways; don't choose one thing against the other, and don't try to be in the…
Mr. Anand Grover, UN Special Raporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health findings on Australia’s treatment of its…
All those who have been following the Australian news in the last few weeks will no doubt be aware that there has been an absolute spate of police taserings right…
Police using Tasers for wrong reasons (thewest.com.au 4 October, 2010); the headline screams out from the screen as I stumble onto yet another instance of police brutality against Aboriginal Australians…
I’m going to start this post by quoting from an inspiring speech delivered by an Aboriginal woman, Christine Fejo-King, at the launch of the book “This is What We said”…
Why is Australia a land of knockers and haters?
