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Author: Bakchos

This author has written 1003 articles
The Permanent Emergency: How Temporary Powers Become Tools of Domination
Discrimination/Racism / Government / Racism / Religion / Rule of Law / Sexism / Xenophobia

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.

9 Comments
August 26, 2026
Aeschylus’ Suppliants and Asylum: Moral Obligation and Political Danger
Human Rights / Refugee Policy / Refugees

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.

11 Comments
August 25, 2026
Eroding Trust: ACT Policing and the Use of Force in the National Capital
Australian Federal Police / Justice / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law

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.

7 Comments
August 23, 2026
Ridge and Fire: “The Aboriginal Mother” and Colonial Australia
Australian Aborigines / First Nations/Indigenous

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.

4 Comments
August 22, 2026
Paint, Power and the Public Wall: Street art as political speech
Street Art: A Gift from Gina by Scott Marsh
Art

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.

9 Comments
August 21, 2026
Poetry as a Form of Resistance: Voice, Witness, and the Defiance of Oppression
Art / Culture / Human Rights

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.

6 Comments
August 20, 2026
Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution
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.

53 Comments
August 19, 2026
Jason Arday: A Neutral Account of the Allegations versus Racial Targeting
Discrimination/Racism / Education / Human Rights / Racism / Tertiary

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.

6 Comments
August 18, 2026
Pauline Hanson’s Politics Of Personal Dislikes
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.

4 Comments
August 17, 2026
Unfinished Reckoning: Auschwitz and the Fires Still Burning
Discrimination/Racism / Human Rights / Racism / Shared humanity

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.

4 Comments
August 16, 2026
The Unspoken Ledger: Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Manufactured Scarcity
Commonwealth Government / Government / Uncategorized

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.

4 Comments
August 15, 2026
Children in the Square: Say no to Hanson and the grammar of denial
Education / Government / Primary/Secondary / Tertiary

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.

6 Comments
August 14, 2026
What the 2026 Census Chose Not to Ask
Commonwealth Government / Government

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.

6 Comments
August 13, 2026
The Mirror and the Muzzle: Indigenous Truth and the Australian Press
Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous

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.

8 Comments
August 12, 2026
The Scare Politics of Islam: Distraction, Fear and the Contested Terrain of Identity
Discrimination/Racism / Racism / Religion

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.

5 Comments
August 11, 2026
Ten Hanson Comments on Indigenous Australians and their Substance
Australian Aborigines / First Nations/Indigenous

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.

6 Comments
August 10, 2026
A Later Reformation? Rethinking the Christianity–Islam Timing Argument
Religion / Rule of Law

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.

4 Comments
August 9, 2026
One Moon, One God: On the Senselessness of Religious Supremacy in Australia
Discrimination/Racism / Religion / Shared humanity

One Moon, One God: On the Senselessness of Religious Supremacy in Australia

Monotheism, regardless of religion, must accept that name of God may vary between religions, but the entity remains the one God.

6 Comments
August 8, 2026
Pig Feast: West Papua, Indonesia and Colonialism in Our Time
Asia-Pacific / First Nations/Indigenous / Human Rights / West Papua

Pig Feast: West Papua, Indonesia and Colonialism in Our Time

Censorship in the absence of government direction, even denial, underpins the continued destruction of culture and transparency.

8 Comments
August 6, 2026
The Arithmetic of Broken Promises: Closing the Gap
Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Health / Justice / Mental Health

The Arithmetic of Broken Promises: Closing the Gap

Persistent poor results on Closing the Gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous reflect an ongoing lack of support by governments.

5 Comments
August 5, 2026
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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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