Author: <span>Bakchos</span>

The Lombok Treaty: a win for self interest over justice

Australia placed its own interests before those of West Papuans, favouring its relationship with Indonesia over those of an occupied people.

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December 19, 2011

Asia-Pacific / Australian Defence Force / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Genocide / Globalisation / Human Rights / Indonesia / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / PNG / Propaganda / Racism / Shared humanity

Bintang Kejora: a struggle for a new dawn

The colonist Javanese attacks on West Papuans mimics the same abuses of British and Dutch colonists of the past.

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December 17, 2011

ACT Government / Discrimination/Racism / Diversity / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Racism / Reconciliation

Ernst & Young – diverse or divisive?

A lot of noise is made about ‘closing the gap’ between Indigenous Australians and their non-Indigenous counterparts. There are so many factors to address; no one remedy is going to…

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December 14, 2011

Accountability / Arc of instability / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / International Law / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / PNG / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands

Moti a champion of indigenous human rights

Julian Moti QC has defeated the charges brought against him by the Australian Government.

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December 8, 2011

Accountability / ACT Government / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Justice / Respect / Rule of Law

Ernst & Young, bastions of corporate responsibility

There’s been significant debate in the past year about the introduction of ethics classes in public schools in New South Wales. The St James Ethics Centre was tasked with developing…

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December 6, 2011

Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Discrimination/Racism / Genocide / Genocide by stealth / Human Rights / Indonesia / Law Enforcement / Pacific Neighbours / PNG / Racism / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands

AFP implicated in West Papuan genocide

The following is a media release from Westpapuamedia.info According to credible local sources in Puncak Jaya, Indonesian troops razed a civilian village while conducting a massive offensive against National Liberation…

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December 5, 2011

Assimilation / Australian Labor Party / Corruption / Culture / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Genocide by stealth / Government / Government welfare / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Northern Territory Intervention / Rule of Law / White Australia

Anti-Aboriginal racism in Australia has no bounds – NT Intervention extended by ten years

“Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex Australians are part of our community we’re not nameless, faceless people who live on the margins of society. We deserve the respect and the…

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December 4, 2011

Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Education / Equality of opportunity / Genocide / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Law Enforcement / Police / Respect / Tertiary

Anti-Aboriginal racism rife in the Australian Community

The National Tertiary Education Union ("NTEU") has released the findings from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander member survey ‘I’m Not Racist But … Report on Cultural Respect, Racial Discrimination,…

39 Comments

November 30, 2011

Accountability / Australian Labor Party / Corporate profit / Corruption / Culture / Environment / Equality / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Mining / Rule of Law

FMGL versus YAC – is the truth really out there

As most readers of Blak and Black, indeed as most readers of any daily paper in Australia will be aware there has been an ongoing dispute between Fortescue Metals Group…

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November 24, 2011

Asia-Pacific / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / Equality / Genocide / Globalisation / Human Rights / Indonesia / International Law / Mining / Racism / Rule of Law / United Nations / West Papua

Rio Tinto: juggernaut of cultural fascism and participant in slow-motion genocide

A rough translation of Rio Tinto from Spanish into English is Red River. Spain's Rio Tinto is characterized by deep red water that is highly acidic (pH 1.7—2.5) and rich…

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November 23, 2011

ACT Government / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Government / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Racism / Rule of Law

Longing for a good neighbour

'Poetry, like the law, is a fiction’, wrote William Hazlitt in a critical essay of 1816. Hazlitt the critic took as his subject all aspects of his society’s culture, including…

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November 20, 2011

Accountability / Australian Federal Police / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / Equality / Genocide / Globalisation / Human Rights / International Law / Justice / Law Enforcement / Mining / Racism / Rule of Law

Corporate greed and an update on a call for a Royal Commission into the AFP

I have spent the last few weeks travelling around remote Indigenous communities collecting signatures in support of a Royal Commission into the AFP and statements in support of my application…

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November 17, 2011

Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Environment / First Nations/Indigenous / Mining / Yindjibarndi

Yindjibarndi update: Site damage

Blak and Black received the following from the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) last week. It is reprinted here in full and describes the damage to traditional sacred sites. Follow the…

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November 15, 2011

ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Government / Law Enforcement / Police / Propaganda

Canberra Corrupt: The self styled Creative Canberran

Dear Creative_Canberran, Please forgive my tardiness in responding to your racist, defamatory and provocative insights into my research and writing abilities. No, your infantile rant on RiotAct has not escaped…

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November 13, 2011

Accountability / ACT Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Ernst & Young / Government / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law

Canberra Corrupt: Aboriginal Australians Not Welcome

Targeted racism of an Aboriginal man by an ACT public servant remains ignored by the AFP and ACT Government, denying an Indigenous man justice.

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November 10, 2011

Accountability / ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Corruption / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / PNG / Racism / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / Solomon Islands / Xenophobia

What values do we want to bequeath to our children?

Do we want to bequeath the next generation a society where those with money and influence are exempted from the legal accountability?

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November 7, 2011

Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Corruption / Government / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / NSW Police / Rule of Law

Have the AFP been busted, yet again?

Serious questions are being asked about the Australian Federal Police and their fitness as the nation's law enforcement body.

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November 5, 2011

ACT Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Genocide / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Justice / Law / Police / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law

Aborigines and the Australian Justice System

For very many Aboriginal Australians the phrase 'Australian justice system' is an oxymoron. There are any number of reasons, many of which are justified, why we as Aboriginal Australians think…

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November 1, 2011

Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / WA Police

Damning difference – the start of the slippery slope

A few months back I penned an article about the plight of Marlon Noble, an Indigenous intellectually disabled man consigned to the correctional justice system for a crime of dubious…

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October 30, 2011

Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Government / Human Rights / International Law / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law

Why Australia should not be rewarded with a seat on the UN Security Council

My apologies for my tardiness in updating Blak and Black over the last week or so, I’ve been reviewing evidence with a former colleague and equally concerned citizen relating to…

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October 27, 2011

Andy on Morality Without Religion, Society Without Morality
There are lot of Brethren in Young, they are scary dudes.
Polina on Morality Without Religion, Society Without Morality
Goodness does not wait on theology. Civilisation cannot do without goodness.
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…
Olikoye on Morality Without Religion, Society Without Morality
All’ah swt is the one all merciful God and everything comes from him, including morality.
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…
Bakchos on Marathon, Not Hastings: The Inheritance a Bigot Never Read
I’ve often thought about that motto over the course of my life.

Author: Bakchos

The Lombok Treaty: a win for self interest over justice

Bintang Kejora: a struggle for a new dawn

Ernst & Young – diverse or divisive?

Moti a champion of indigenous human rights

Ernst & Young, bastions of corporate responsibility

AFP implicated in West Papuan genocide

Anti-Aboriginal racism in Australia has no bounds – NT Intervention extended by ten years

Anti-Aboriginal racism rife in the Australian Community

FMGL versus YAC – is the truth really out there

Rio Tinto: juggernaut of cultural fascism and participant in slow-motion genocide

Longing for a good neighbour

Corporate greed and an update on a call for a Royal Commission into the AFP

Yindjibarndi update: Site damage

Canberra Corrupt: The self styled Creative Canberran

Canberra Corrupt: Aboriginal Australians Not Welcome

What values do we want to bequeath to our children?

Have the AFP been busted, yet again?

Aborigines and the Australian Justice System

Damning difference – the start of the slippery slope

Why Australia should not be rewarded with a seat on the UN Security Council

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