Author: <span>Bakchos</span>

Indigeneity: the unifying factor

A cause doesn’t drive itself. It requires dedication, research and interrogation of facts to sift out the fiction, to find buried lies. That’s what I do. I search and question…

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April 6, 2011

Accountability / Arc of instability / Australian Federal Police / Culture / Indonesia / RAMSI / Rule of Law

Australia tramples on indigenous peoples rights in the ‘arc of instability’

The Australian Federal Police (AFP), established in 1979, enforces Commonwealth criminal law and protects Australia's interests at a national and international level. The AFP also contracts out a general policing…

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April 4, 2011

ACT Government / Afghanistan / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Government / Law Enforcement / RAMSI / Rule of Law

Australia: The façade of democracy!

Australia is a signatory to two important international anti-corruption conventions: the United Nations Convention against Corruption (entered into force 14 December 2005) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development…

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April 2, 2011

Assimilation / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Hypocrisy / Respect

Superfluous People

For today’s post I’m borrowing a theme from Turgenev, specifically from The Diary of a Superfluous Man. As readers of Turgenev will know, much of his fiction is associated with…

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April 1, 2011

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Australian Federal Police Complicity in the Torture and Killing of Mr. Yawan Wayeni

“In working with Indonesian agencies you can get tension between the responsibility you think you owe to your own citizens … and the conduct of some Indonesian agencies that are…

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March 28, 2011

Australian Defence Force / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / Hypocrisy / Respect

‘The Australians are basically English rednecks’ – Robin Williams

Well Robin, ya ain’t wrong, mate! Anglo-Saxon ‘Australians’ whilst superficially decent, hard working Christian folk who, whilst not regular church goers, none-the-less profess to a certain spirituality, are racist! All…

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March 26, 2011

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Aripaea Salmon – his own words

In the previous post, ‘Thou shall not fall into the chasm of disobeying the rule of law', technical difficulties were encountered in incorporating the interview by Dr. Susan Merrell. This…

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March 24, 2011

Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / RAMSI / Rule of Law

‘Thou shall not fall into the chasm of disobeying the rule of law’

Mr Aripaea Salmon is the father of the girl at the centre of the Julian Moti sex tourism allegations, which were reignited by the Australian Federal Police nearly a decade…

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March 24, 2011

Afghanistan / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Pacific Neighbours / RAMSI / Rule of Law

The AFP and Australian Neo-Colonial Commercial Exploitation in Timor and the Pacific

AFP deploys to East Timor, AFP media release, Sunday, 28 May 2006 “The Australian Federal Police (AFP) can confirm a 45-member team will be deployed to East Timor tomorrow in…

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March 22, 2011

Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Commonwealth Ombudsman / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Shared humanity

perjury and perverting the course of justice strike at the heart of the administration of justice

"…each of the offences of perjury and perverting the course of justice strike at the heart of the administration of justice…" The above statement comes from Justice Bruce James's judgment…

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March 21, 2011

Assimilation / Culture / Stolen Generation

The life of a culture depends on its transmission across generations

Following is the second installment of David Harrison’s story from member of the ‘new’ stolen generation to disaffected adult to fully fledged social activist. Over to David breaking the connection…

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March 20, 2011

Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Rule of Law

“Politics is the art of the possible.” —Machiavelli

“All Things Obey Money.” This may be true, but if it is, it is because fools obey money. Just because it’s the first thing that comes to mind does not…

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March 18, 2011

Assimilation / Culture / Discrimination/Racism

The `Stolen Generations’ and Cultural Genocide

Mr David Harrison is a member of the ‘new’ stolen generation and a former colleague from Canberra. I asked David a while ago if he would write a piece about…

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March 16, 2011

ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Rule of Law

Corruption and racism in Australia, our eyes wide shut!

A friend from Melbourne, who has been the victim of ‘anti-wog’ racism since migrating to Australia as a child with his family, often quips that, “Sometimes you have a lucky…

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March 15, 2011

Accountability / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Ombudsman / Corruption / Respect / Rule of Law

Our youth, a future of hope?

Yesterday I received a communication from a foreign school student who has an Australian Federal Police detachment in his country. His question, to me after reading my comments on Blak…

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March 12, 2011

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Your vote, your voice, make it count

Like I said last time, I’m annoyed. Pissed, to be exact. Excuse the vent, but I’m utterly disgusted in the attitudes that are so blatantly expressed by some people in…

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March 10, 2011

ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Rule of Law / Stanhope Government

“idiots…drunks…and people with nowhere else to go…”

“Well, invaded by idiots, perhaps, Mr Humphries, and that would not surprise me at all. Being invaded by drunks would not surprise me either. Being invaded by people with nowhere…

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March 9, 2011

Accountability / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Culture / Hypocrisy / NSW Police / Rule of Law / Uncategorized

Mr Commissioner Hypocrisy doesn’t equal integrity

As part of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Additional estimates for 2006–2007, held in February 2007, Senator Evans put the following question on notice to…

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March 8, 2011

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Sieg Heil Oz

Sieg Heil is a German phrase which literally means "Hail [to] Victory." During the Nazi era, it was a common chant at political rallies. When meeting someone, it was customary…

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March 5, 2011

Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Respect

Australia, you are racist!

So, you still think Australia doesn’t have a problem with racism? It’s time we took a good look at some evidence to the contrary, the most recent of which can…

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March 4, 2011

Author: Bakchos

Indigeneity: the unifying factor

Australia tramples on indigenous peoples rights in the ‘arc of instability’

Australia: The façade of democracy!

Superfluous People

Australian Federal Police Complicity in the Torture and Killing of Mr. Yawan Wayeni

‘The Australians are basically English rednecks’ – Robin Williams

Aripaea Salmon – his own words

‘Thou shall not fall into the chasm of disobeying the rule of law’

The AFP and Australian Neo-Colonial Commercial Exploitation in Timor and the Pacific

perjury and perverting the course of justice strike at the heart of the administration of justice

The life of a culture depends on its transmission across generations

“Politics is the art of the possible.” —Machiavelli

The `Stolen Generations’ and Cultural Genocide

Corruption and racism in Australia, our eyes wide shut!

Our youth, a future of hope?

Your vote, your voice, make it count

“idiots…drunks…and people with nowhere else to go…”

Mr Commissioner Hypocrisy doesn’t equal integrity

Sieg Heil Oz

Australia, you are racist!

RAMSI - the scion of the juggernaut of greed

AFP accused of fabricating evidence, yet again!

Moti affair

Moti affair

Moti appeal exposes mixed loyalties and judicial corruption

Moti end game

Letters to the editor: Article by Bakchos

Co-operate or else! AFP thuggery for a white Australia

The strange case of Bill Johnson, a study in neo-colonial hypocrisy

Neo-colonialism in the Torres Strait

Moti and other affairs

Comment: Excellent Read