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Author: Bakchos

This author has written 1004 articles
Peter Dutton: A Divisive Figure in Australian Politics
Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Environment / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Justice / Refugees

Peter Dutton: A Divisive Figure in Australian Politics

Peter Dutton represents a questionable option for a cohesive, just and united Australia.

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March 28, 2025
Justice within Injustice: The Oxymoron of Law in the Third Reich and Parallels in Modern Australia
Commonwealth Government / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Domestic Law / Government / Human Rights / Justice / Propaganda / Racism / Refugees / Rule of Law

Justice within Injustice: The Oxymoron of Law in the Third Reich and Parallels in Modern Australia

The pattern of restrictive laws in Australia bears concerning similarities with the gradual decline of Germany toward the Nazi regime.

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March 27, 2025
Lasting Echoes of the War on Terror: Consequences of Normalising Expanded Legislation on Constitutional Values
Democracy / Government / Human Rights / International Law / Law / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law / United Nations

Lasting Echoes of the War on Terror: Consequences of Normalising Expanded Legislation on Constitutional Values

Legislative instruments expanded since 9/11 represent a vast creep of restrictions on liberty, privacy and due process

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March 26, 2025
The Inevitability of Repression in Legal and Political Systems: A Study in Imperial Governance and Its Consequences
Propaganda / Rule of Law

The Inevitability of Repression in Legal and Political Systems: A Study in Imperial Governance and Its Consequences

Abandonment of the principles of equality, justice and human dignity by a nation leads to disillusionment that engulfs the entire social fabric.

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March 25, 2025
The Equality of Human Life: A Philosophical and Practical Examination
Corporate responsibility / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Genocide / Government / Human Rights / International Law / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / United Nations

The Equality of Human Life: A Philosophical and Practical Examination

Every human life holds equal value, regardless of individual differences and is pivotal in ethical and legal frameworks.

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March 24, 2025
Israel’s Actions in Gaza Cannot Be Justified on Either Military or Moral Grounds
Accountability / Culture / Discrimination / Genocide / Government / Human Rights / International Law / United Nations

Israel’s Actions in Gaza Cannot Be Justified on Either Military or Moral Grounds

The invasion of Gaza cannot be justified on military or moral grounds and is affront to international law.

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March 23, 2025
Indigenous Destruction and the Rise of Western Culture
Australian Aborigines / Culture / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Racism / Stolen Generation / White Australia

Indigenous Destruction and the Rise of Western Culture

Colonisation has left Australia devoid of Indigenous cultural traditions that benefit the economy and disadvantaged First Nations.

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March 22, 2025
Humanity at the Crossroads: Navigating Existential Threats in a Fractured World
Democracy / Environment / Shared humanity

Humanity at the Crossroads: Navigating Existential Threats in a Fractured World

Authoritarianism and science skeptics are driving the Earth to a climate catastrophe.

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March 21, 2025
Without the Foot Soldiers, There Could Have Been No Holocaust
Accountability / Discrimination/Racism / Genocide / Genocide by stealth / Propaganda / Xenophobia

Without the Foot Soldiers, There Could Have Been No Holocaust

The horror of the Holocaust required many people to blindly accept propaganda and turn a blind to the evil perpetrated by the Nazis.

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March 20, 2025
Culture Wars in Australia: The Right Wing as Primary Instigator
Corporate responsibility / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Government / Human Rights / Political theory / Propaganda

Culture Wars in Australia: The Right Wing as Primary Instigator

An imbalance in media ownership enables the political right to influence the terms of elections, setting the terms through amplifying cultural tensions.

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March 19, 2025
The Wooden Horse of Wealth: Billionaires and the Subversion of Democracy
Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Democracy / Equality / Government / Propaganda

The Wooden Horse of Wealth: Billionaires and the Subversion of Democracy

The Trojan Horse is a lesson in looking beyond a rival's seemingly generous gift to their underlying motives and past behaviours.

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March 18, 2025
The Clash of Perspectives: Julius Stone, Jewish Identity and the Zionist Imperative
Government / Justice / Respect / Shared humanity

The Clash of Perspectives: Julius Stone, Jewish Identity and the Zionist Imperative

Following the Holocaust, Julius Stone viewed the conception of Israel a practical necessity to prevent threat to the existence of the Jewish people.

3 Comments
March 17, 2025
A Life of Duty, Identity, and Controversy: The Story of Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs
Government / Justice / Respect / Shared humanity

A Life of Duty, Identity, and Controversy: The Story of Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs

Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs serves as a model for the integration of identity in public service, where the future of the world are paramount.

2 Comments
March 16, 2025
Overcoming the Anti-Incrementalism Bias: The Power of Modest Expectations
Health / Shared humanity

Overcoming the Anti-Incrementalism Bias: The Power of Modest Expectations

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time!

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March 15, 2025
How Cronyism Works: Power, Privilege, and the Burden of Cost
Accountability / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination / Government / Rule of Law

How Cronyism Works: Power, Privilege, and the Burden of Cost

Cronyism rigs economic benefits in favour of an inner circle or elites, shifting the costs onto those less privileged.

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March 14, 2025
Curating Reality: The Age-Old Political Game of Statistical Manipulation
Accountability / Government / Propaganda

Curating Reality: The Age-Old Political Game of Statistical Manipulation

Look past quoted numbers in order to highlight the true value of statistics, but beware, numbers can burn!

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March 13, 2025
Peter Dutton’s Bombast and the Caravan ‘Terrorist’ Plot
Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / Government / Human Rights / Political theory / Refugees

Peter Dutton’s Bombast and the Caravan ‘Terrorist’ Plot

"He who shouts the loudest generally has the least to offer."

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March 12, 2025
Corporate Crimes Against Humanity: Accountability in a Globalised World
Accountability / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Human Rights / International Law / Justice / Law / Rule of Law

Corporate Crimes Against Humanity: Accountability in a Globalised World

Multi-national corporations are often responsible for the abuse of human rights, for which they must be held accountable.

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March 11, 2025
The Politicisation of the Australian Federal Police: A Deep Dive into a Troubling Trend
Accountability / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Government / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law

The Politicisation of the Australian Federal Police: A Deep Dive into a Troubling Trend

Perceptions of the politicisation of the AFP have considerable weight stretching back to its origins and continuing to today.

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March 10, 2025
Corruption: It Takes a Village (of Failures)
Accountability / Corruption / Government

Corruption: It Takes a Village (of Failures)

Corruption thrives when the inept and complicit fail to perform their duties, allowing the safeguards on transparency and accountability to fail.

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March 9, 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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Recent Comments

  1. Olikoye on First Nations · Indigenous Culture And Politics

    Until I started reading your blog, I hadn’t appreciated how old and varied Australian Aboriginal culture is, thank you for…

  2. Mel on Why Pham’s Decisions Matter: Conflict of Interest in the Public Service

    How is it that Tu Pham hasn’t been charged?

  3. Bakchos on Why Pham’s Decisions Matter: Conflict of Interest in the Public Service

    I’m not 100% convinced that Tu Pham is racist or antisemitic, I think that she sees herself as being above…

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

    I was fitted up by someone in the ACT Government, everyone in my prosecution knew this and continued to progress…

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

    I saw what happened to Bakchos when he was waiting for his trial after he was charged, that two years…

  6. Andy on Songs as Archive

    Our song lines and our art are records of our history, and the way we record our history is as…

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