Barr’s Folly: The Light Rail Debacle Draining Canberra’s Future
The ACT light rail project highlights the fiscal incompetence and hubris of a Chief Minister more intent on building a folly to his ego than economic stability.
The ACT light rail project highlights the fiscal incompetence and hubris of a Chief Minister more intent on building a folly to his ego than economic stability.
Whistleblowers occupy a paradoxical position in modern society. They are hailed as champions of truth and accountability by some, and castigated as traitors or troublemakers by others. Yet the essence…
Thomas Emerson's Closing the Gap Bill is a crucial step toward dismantling the systemic racism in the ACT Public Service.
Shame is not a primal instinct, but a conditioned response, one based on the values we develop as we mature.
The descent into totalitarianism can only be avoided by cultivating truth, accountability, and pluralism in politics.
Beware the minor malcontent seeking glory.
If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or…
Part I: The Eyes of God – Tears for the InnocentsIn the cradle of creation, where stars were born from My breath, I gaze upon the fields of war, stained…
Finances, emotions and lack of accountability by police all serve to drive some innocent people to plead guilty to ease pressures.
Aboriginal people are disproportionately targeted by police, with few being brought to justice.
Over-representation of Indigenous people in the ACT's criminal justice system is indicative of systemic bias in the AFP and lack of accountability.
The coroner's findings of racism within the Northern Territory Police highlight the dangers to Indigenous people and the urgent need for reform.
A government tolerating manipulation of legal evidence cannot be expected to protect investors litigating against the Commonwealth in the ACT.
The revelations of a whistleblower that continue to ring through the decades, and never more so than today in the Middle East.
ACT Treasury's Director Corporate Services demonstrated an extreme lack of integrity and acumen in managing the vilification of the Indigenous Commissioner for Revenue.
Individual responsibility and universal jurisdiction are the positive legacies of Nuremberg upon which justice must continue to stand.
Appointment of political figures and public servants to an Australian honour who demonstrate a lack of integrity devalues the awards system.
The actions of this senior ACT public servant underscore the vulnerability of Indigenous people to injustice within the ACT.
Andrei Konchalovsky's "Dear Comrades!" highlights the individual and societal costs of denying reality.
Realising our highest ideals when striving against evil demands that we hold ourselves attuned to our spiritual, ethical and communal selves.