Solomon Islands

Injustice within Justice

I have borrowed the title from Michael Stolleis' oxymoronically titled book Justice within Injustice which is about, oxymoronically, justice in the Third Reich. After having read Stolleis' essays, in which…

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August 16, 2011

Accountability / ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Australian Defence Force / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Democracy / Government / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / PNG / RAMSI / Respect / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands / Stanhope Government

AFP corruption and their per diem

In the 1960s Donald Horne observed, "Australia is a lucky country, run by second-rate people who share its luck." This observation was followed in the 1990s by Paul Keating when…

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August 13, 2011

Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Julian Moti / Law Enforcement / Solomon Islands

Palmer CJ and Bond liaised on Moti’s removal

Dear Editor, Palmer CJ and Bond liaised on Moti’s removal I refer to the letter written by his Honour Chief Justice Sir Albert R Palmer CBE in response to an…

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July 28, 2011

Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Julian Moti / Law Enforcement / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands

Moti appeal exposes mixed loyalties and judicial corruption

Note: The following article appeared in today’s edition of the Fiji Sun and Solomon Star It was written by me in my capacity as a human rights philosopher, researcher, activist…

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July 22, 2011

Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Corporate profit / Corruption / First Nations/Indigenous / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands

The name is Funk, Skunky Funk

What many people may not know is that Australia has its very own ‘007’, Federal Agent Peter Bond. Like all good ‘007s’ Federal Agent Bond needs an alias. After reading…

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July 12, 2011

Asia-Pacific / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Globalisation / PNG / Solomon Islands

The curse of mineral wealth

The heading of this post is not at attempt at an inscrutable Oscar Wilde type conundrum, it is a statement of fact for indigenous people unfortunate enough to inhabit land…

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June 27, 2011

Asia-Pacific / Corruption / Hypocrisy / Indonesia / Law Enforcement / RAMSI / Solomon Islands

The strange case of Bill Johnson, a study in neo-colonial hypocrisy

Australian Vietnam Veteran, Bill Johnson, appeared in a Solomon Islands court on Tuesday 30th January, 2007 charged with conspiracy to murder. His alleged victim was to be none other than…

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June 15, 2011

Accountability / Arc of instability / Australian Federal Police / Indonesia / PNG / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands

Sex, guns, drugs and terrorism

What a combination, but what do they have to do with Blak and Black? To steal a line from Gore Vidal’s Caligula, “everything and nothing”. Nothing, because Blak and Black…

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April 30, 2011

Solomon Islands

Injustice within Justice

AFP corruption and their per diem

Palmer CJ and Bond liaised on Moti’s removal

Moti appeal exposes mixed loyalties and judicial corruption

The name is Funk, Skunky Funk

The curse of mineral wealth

The strange case of Bill Johnson, a study in neo-colonial hypocrisy

Sex, guns, drugs and terrorism

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