Author: <span>Bakchos</span>

The Medusa – the price we all pay for political corruption

Let us venture to advance another truth, a truth useful to the Minister himself. There exists among the officers of the Marine, an intractable esprit de corps, a pretended point…

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December 6, 2012

Assimilation / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Domestic Law / First Nations/Indigenous / Genocide by stealth / Human Rights / Law / Northern Territory Intervention / Racial Discrimination Act / Religion / Rule of Law / White Australia

Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus

Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heart strings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like Liberty That almost make…

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December 4, 2012

Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Corruption / Counter-terrorism laws / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Domestic Law / Former Commissioner / Fred Martens / Julian Moti / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Police / Rule of Law

Nemo nisi Nomen

…believing that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole cause of public calamities and of the corruption of governments, [we] have determined to set…

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November 29, 2012

Archaeology / Art / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Mining / Racism / WA government / Yindjibarndi

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation Media Statement

YINDJIBARNDI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION MEDIA STATEMENT—Thursday 29 November 2012 http://yindjibarndi.org.au/ YINDJIBARNDI WANT SOLUTION TO FMG DEBACLE Yindjibarndi Elder Bruce Woodley joins Sue Singleton, Brad Goode and Kerry Savas in…

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November 29, 2012

Accountability / ACT Government / Assimilation / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Domestic Law / Equality / Equality of opportunity / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / Sexism / United Nations

A hypocrite for a Prime Minister, a hypocrite for a Chief Minister

Each man reaches perfection by doing his own duty; he worships god – from whom all beings come, by whom this universe was stretched forth – by doing his appointed…

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November 13, 2012

Australian Federal Police / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / Respect / Shared humanity

The self and the selfish – Sydney’s homeless

Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff And brought him…

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October 19, 2012

Asia-Pacific / Corruption / Globalisation / Human Rights / Indonesia / International Law / Julian Moti / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / United Nations / West Papua

A process of truth and judgement

Judgement is our oldest belief, our most habitual holding-true or holding un-true, an assertion or denial, a certainty that something is thus not otherwise, a belief that here we really…

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October 9, 2012

Asia-Pacific / Democracy / Equality / Human Rights / Neo-Colonialism / Rule of Law / United Nations / West Papua

Dialogue and spin: genocide on Australia’s doorstep, the West Papuan story

Athenians: For ourselves, we shall not trouble you with specious pretences — either of how we have a right to our empire because we overthrew the Mede [Persians], or are…

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October 6, 2012

Accountability / Australian Labor Party / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / International Law / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / United Nations

Sir Gawain, moral accountability and the UN Security Council

Make we mery quyl we may, and mynne upon joye, For the lur may mon lach when-so mon lykes Make we merry while we may, and think about joy, For…

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September 27, 2012

Corruption / Democracy / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Justice / Law / Propaganda / Refugees / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity

Anna Elisabeth Schmieg and the narrative structures of society

How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another heart? How much can we hope to understand those who have suffered deeper anguish, greater deprivation, and…

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September 20, 2012

Accountability / Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / ASIO / Australian Federal Police / Bill of Rights / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Democracy / Government / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / Solomon Islands / Terrorism / West Papua

The War on Terror and democracy’s faustian bargain

FAUSTUS: Ah, Faustus. Now hast thou but one bare hour to live, And then thou must be damn'd perpetually! Stand still, you ever-moving spheres of heaven, That time may cease,…

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September 18, 2012

Accountability / Corruption / Education / Equality / Hypocrisy / Propaganda / Rule of Law / Tertiary

OUA and Australia’s culture of corruption

Before I launch into today’s topic I’d like to offer an apology for my long absence from Blak and Black. I have been helping a friend restore a 19th Century…

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September 15, 2012

Accountability / Archaeology / Art / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / Equality / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / International Law / Justice / Law / Mining / Rule of Law

YINDJIBARNDI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION MEDIA RELEASE

FMG ‘DECLASSIFIED’ THEN DESTROYED YINDJIBARNDI HERITAGE SITES Recent reports that, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) is pushing ahead with the “low-cost Firetail deposit” at its Solomon Project, while scaling back…

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September 13, 2012

Accountability / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Democracy / Fred Martens / Human Rights / International Law / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / PNG / Rule of Law

Fred Martens and the AFP – the limits of the rule of law

…that in America THE LAW IS KING. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to…

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August 26, 2012

Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Fred Martens / Government / Hypocrisy / International Law / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / PNG / Rule of Law

A lie by any other name does not make a truth, unless you’re the AFP

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its adversaries but rather by the fact that these adversaries finally die, and a new generation grows up familiar with the…

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August 22, 2012

Accountability / Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / International Law / Law / Law Enforcement / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands

The good intent of RAMSI is built on the corrupt sub-soil of the AFP

Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon like the rainbow, its hues are as various as the hues of that arch, as distinct too,…

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August 20, 2012

Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Fred Martens / Government / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity

My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves

What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower?…

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August 16, 2012

ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Refugee Policy / Refugees / Respect / Shared humanity / Solomon Islands / Stolen Generation

Charity begins at home

Charity begins at home. Some agree, some do not. But the simple fact is that our treatment of those close to us sets the foundations for our behaviours toward others.…

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August 12, 2012

Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Government / Human Rights / Law / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law

The bureaucratic state – a destructive philosophy

Only one essential is missing from our happiness – pleasure through comparison, a pleasure which can only be born from the sight of the unhappy, and we see none of…

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August 6, 2012

Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Government / Hypocrisy / Justice / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law

The finger puppet of fickle fate

Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene I hardly paid any attention. I never stopped to think of it as something that would make a lasting…

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August 3, 2012

Author: Bakchos

The Medusa – the price we all pay for political corruption

Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus

Nemo nisi Nomen

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation Media Statement

A hypocrite for a Prime Minister, a hypocrite for a Chief Minister

The self and the selfish – Sydney’s homeless

A process of truth and judgement

Dialogue and spin: genocide on Australia’s doorstep, the West Papuan story

Sir Gawain, moral accountability and the UN Security Council

Anna Elisabeth Schmieg and the narrative structures of society

The War on Terror and democracy’s faustian bargain

OUA and Australia’s culture of corruption

YINDJIBARNDI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION MEDIA RELEASE

Fred Martens and the AFP – the limits of the rule of law

A lie by any other name does not make a truth, unless you’re the AFP

The good intent of RAMSI is built on the corrupt sub-soil of the AFP

My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves

Charity begins at home

The bureaucratic state – a destructive philosophy

The finger puppet of fickle fate

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