The Country Remembers
Before the word sorry was even possible, the country already knew what had been taken ...
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May 26, 2026
The Dance of the Seven Veils
After Oscar Wilde's Salomé – – –The court is lit with torchlight and imported wine.Herod sweats beneath his crown of compromise. Once – this is the part he doesn't say…
May 26, 2026
Australia: The Death of the Lucky Country
Mediocrity in government and business is destroying Australia in the public sector. Participation awards have suddenly become something of value.
May 25, 2026
She Speaks, But No One Listens: A Lament of the Old Country
I am old. Older than the names they gave me,
May 24, 2026
International Law, State Violence and Australia’s Obligation to Its Citizens
Australia must formalise a response to the detention and mistreatment of its citizens by Israeli authorities participating the Global Freedom Flotilla.
May 23, 2026
Before the Body, the Book: Palestinian Erasure and Civilisational Destruction
Destruction of Palestinian artefacts and books, including the places of learning, are core features of genocide.
May 22, 2026
The Weight We Will Not Name: Domestic Violence, Masculine Culture and the Australian Crisis
Domestic violence in Australia is a cultural scourge, one for which men must take responsibility to lead its eradication.
May 21, 2026
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination/Racism / Former Commissioner / Justice / Racism
Still Standing: A Note to Readers of Blak and Black
Some of you have been reading this blog since its earliest days. You know the history. You know what was attempted. This is a brief note to tell you that…
May 20, 2026
From the Delian League to the Indo-Pacific: The AUKUS Dilemma
The durability of an international alliances is tested by hegemonic imbalance, a risk in the AUKUS Alliance.
May 19, 2026
The Fascination with France, the French and the French Way Of Life
French insists that the good life is possible, refusing the settle for second rate and pursuing all aspect of life and culture with a seriousness unique to its people.
May 18, 2026
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Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Human Rights / Racism / Refugees / Shared humanity
We Were All Made In The Image: On othering, humanism and the Enlightenment legacy
Far from being a footnote in history, the Enlightenment remains a challenge to the racism and exclusion plaguing Australia and the world.
May 16, 2026
This Old Commission, He Played One: A Nursery Rhyme in Verses for an Inquiry That Keeps Rolling Home
Let us begin where we must. On 14 December 2025, fifteen people were murdered at Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah celebration. The attack was ISIS-inspired, carried out by gunmen whose…
May 15, 2026
Superfluous People: Anticipation Without Consummation – A History
Regardless of recommendations, time and again, the rights of Indigenous people in Australia are subordinated to those of others, The Gap never closing.
May 14, 2026
One Nation, the Farrer By-Election and the Sickness of Western Democracy
Farrer has become the canary in the electoral mine, highlighting that voters in regional areas have had enough of being ignored.
May 12, 2026
The Land of the Fair Go (A Lament)
That is the wound that does not close — to love a place that is choosing, deliberately, with its eyes open, to be less than it was, less than it could be ...
May 11, 2026
The Unbreakable Spirit: Bobby Sands, Resistance and Colonial Injustice
The desire for freedom is common to all people, a matter that will drive resistance against an oppressor.
May 9, 2026
Sir David Attenborough: A Century of Wonder
Humanity is blessed by the longevity of Sir David Attenborough, who continues to educate and advocate for the planet to the benefit of us all.
May 8, 2026
