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October 5, 2025
The Rape of American Democracy: Trump’s Reality Imitating Art
Trump's dystopian America has been anticipated ain film and literature for almost 200 years.
October 4, 2025
Rock Art as a Means of Transmitting Lore and History Down the Generations
From Palaeolithic cultures to the modern world, rock art transmits spiritual and practical knowledge through time, preserving culture and history.
October 2, 2025
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government welfare / Human Rights
Charades and Other Performative Virtue Signalling
No more excuses, no more cover-ups. It's time that Indigenous Australians are shown respect.
October 1, 2025
The Rock Art of Arnhem Land: A Timeless Legacy of Human Expression
The rock art of Arnhem Land represents the passage through time to the present day.
September 30, 2025
More Than Symbols
Some of the kindest, warmest souls I’ve met Wore no cross, read no Quran aloud on street corners, Their charity quieter than the clatter of public piety – Their faith…
September 30, 2025
Walk a Mile
Before we stoke the fires and spew Our judgments tangled, sharp, untrue; Let gentleness begin its reign, To ease the depth of unseen pain.Let’s trade our shoes and set aside…
September 29, 2025
A Bird Called Neoliberalism
There’s a strange old bird on scorched southern ground, called Neoliberalism – a native by name, forged in backrooms and woken by profit’s strange call, its feathers stitched from bargains…
September 27, 2025
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Racism
The abuse of power by corrupt senior public servants
Tu Pham investigated herself. Unsurprisingly, she was exonerated, much to the detriment of her Indigenous direct report.
September 27, 2025
Trump’s America: Parallels with Aristophanes and Orwell in 2025
Trump's America re-enacts the fictional events played out in Aristophanes' "The Birds" and Orwell's "Animal Farm".
September 27, 2025
Echoes in the Ashes: A Dialogue Without Borders
Upon the bruised and trembling earth we stand, Echoes of Eden flicker through the dark; A voice begins – Is the architect’s hand In every fire, every broken spark?From Gaza’s…
September 25, 2025
Perilous Trump: Policy Chaos, Broken Trust and Extremism in America
The capriciousness of US policy under Trump has damaged international relations, necessitating multilateral engagement to limit global impact.
September 24, 2025
AUKUS: An Acronymic Adventure
Australia Unfriends Kiwis, Undercuts Sovereignty – That’s AUKUS, mate, pronounced "awkward" (how apropos). An alliance spelled out in karaoke capitals, Allies United Kindly Undermining Security.A is for Aspirations (or American…
September 24, 2025
The Golem: Legend From Ancient Folklore to Modern Metaphor
At the heart of the Golem myth is a warning against the hubris of attempting to assume the role of the Almighty.
September 23, 2025
Beware: Your Creation
In the dust of forbidden pages, Where candlelight flickers on trembling script, Old myths murmur warnings through the silence Of centuries shrouded in trembling breath. We conjure guardians from the…
September 23, 2025
Colonial Dualism: Archetypes to Realities in Australia and the Pacific
Robinson Crusoe and The Coral Island reflect the diplomatic imbalance between Australia and the Pacific, the consequence on colonialism.
September 22, 2025
A Devil Among Us
Let me step from city shadows, Tip my hat and shake your hand. You might not notice, walking by, But, friend, I know this tangled land. My voice has echoed…
September 20, 2025
Cognitive Dissonance in the Trump Administration: Championing Free Speech While Silencing Critics – The Case of Jimmy Kimmel
Democracy is judged not only by the freedoms enjoyed, but the protections afforded to the dissenting voices.
September 19, 2025
The Sanctification of the Secular: Donald Trump, Jesus and the Right-Wing Religious Imaginary
Politicising faith to deify Trump corrupts the basis of true Christianity, ignoring the compassion and truth preached by Jesus.
September 18, 2025
The Ballad of the Boardroom and the Dying Earth
In glassy towers, the board convenes; Profits declared – a thunderous sound. Shareholders nod, eyes fixed and keen, Rewarding the few with millions crowned. Golden rewards for suit-and-tie kings, While…
September 18, 2025