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Author: Bakchos

This author has written 1016 articles
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
Misconstrued and Misused: Defining Terms to Disarm Conflict
Discrimination/Racism / Religion

Misconstrued and Misused: Defining Terms to Disarm Conflict

Addressing the political disputes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict starts with clarity in language and the definition of key terms.

6 Comments
August 4, 2026
The Man From Nowhere: A Madeleine at Thirty Thousand Feet
Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Racism / Uncategorized

The Man From Nowhere: A Madeleine at Thirty Thousand Feet

A bottle of red, a madeleine biscuit ... the mundane things that trigger involuntary memory.

7 Comments
August 2, 2026
Babylon Again: The West’s Enduring Need for an Eastern Enemy
Accountability / Corruption / Propaganda / Religion / Shared humanity

Babylon Again: The West’s Enduring Need for an Eastern Enemy

Repeating the patterns of millennia, The war in Iran is yet another instance of the West challenging the East, using the farce of divine rhetoric.

4 Comments
August 1, 2026
Common Beliefs: Two Decades Of Institutional Protection For A Racist Public Servant
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism

Common Beliefs: Two Decades Of Institutional Protection For A Racist Public Servant

Over twenty years of seemingly direct support for Angel Marina in the face of his racism leads to the conclusion that the ALP and AFP are both racist.

5 Comments
July 31, 2026
The Two-Way Street To Taormina: Hanson’s Campaign Against Women
Commonwealth Government / Government / Uncategorized

The Two-Way Street To Taormina: Hanson’s Campaign Against Women

Pauline Hanson's twp-way street comment only exposes her own hypocrisy.

5 Comments
July 30, 2026
The Unfinished Masterpiece: Multicultural Australia as a Work in Progress
Commonwealth Government / Culture / Government

The Unfinished Masterpiece: Multicultural Australia as a Work in Progress

Australia is a ongoing multicultural masterpiece in the making.

3 Comments
July 29, 2026
The White Australia Policy: Origin and Evolution as Present-day Warning
First Nations/Indigenous / Refugee Policy / Refugees / Uncategorized / White Australia

The White Australia Policy: Origin and Evolution as Present-day Warning

The White Australia Policy enabled the usuary maltreatment of South Sea Islanders and Indigenous people, ultimately excluding them from society.

5 Comments
July 27, 2026
Why I’ll Never Vote for the Australian Labor Party – The Lie One Nation Has Never Told
Accountability / ACT Government / Equality / Government / Hypocrisy

Why I’ll Never Vote for the Australian Labor Party – The Lie One Nation Has Never Told

For all the talk over the past three decades in favour of Indigenous rights and Closing the Gap, the actions of the ALP have borne out its true contempt for First Nations People.

9 Comments
July 27, 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. Andy on Morality Without Religion, Society Without Morality

    There are lot of Brethren in Young, they are scary dudes.

  2. Polina on Morality Without Religion, Society Without Morality

    Goodness does not wait on theology. Civilisation cannot do without goodness.

  3. Kelly Conrad on Morality Without Religion, Society Without Morality

    What do trust, low corruption and social cooperation depend on? A common answer is shared moral norms, and the source…

  4. Olikoye on Morality Without Religion, Society Without Morality

    All’ah swt is the one all merciful God and everything comes from him, including morality.

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

    I’ve been watching these issues now for over a month, and the only conclusion I can draw is that the…

  6. Bakchos on Marathon, Not Hastings: The Inheritance a Bigot Never Read

    I’ve often thought about that motto over the course of my life.

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