The annual yam festival and sex tourism
In the Trobriand Islands the annual yam festival is more than just ordinary. Nick burst out laughing when I told him I was heading for the Trobriand Islands. “I hope…
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April 28, 2011
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
As a prelude to this post I would like to congratulate former Solomon Islands’ Attorney-General Julian Moti on his win in the High Court. On Friday 8th April 2011 the…
April 18, 2011
Welfare reform: rob the poor and fatten the already obese!
Prime Minister Gillard signalled during a speech given to the Sydney Institute on Wednesday night that welfare reform was on her agenda, in a big way. "The social and economic…
April 15, 2011
Accountability / Archaeology / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity
White fellas greed has no bounds!
“I'm not sure it's the law that would do it [silence political dissent], it's more the climate that does it. I've been critical, openly critical of aspects of government policy…
April 12, 2011
Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Hypocrisy / Rule of Law
A study in racism, hypocrisy and bastardry
Clearly, with the expansion of the AFP under Mick Keelty and with the blessing of the Howard government, the AFP has morphed into something unrecognisable. It's forgotten its core business…
April 11, 2011
Accountability / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Propaganda / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / Yindjibarndi
Is Native Title worth the paper it’s written on?
At the request of one of the people mentioned in this post it has been taken down. We will review this situation and keep you informed of any progress as…
April 10, 2011
The Australian Federal Police spark racial hatred in Australia!
A WOMAN charged by counter-terrorist police with plotting a bomb attack was allegedly directed by her boyfriend - a jail inmate serving 22 years for the execution-styled killing of a…
April 7, 2011
Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Indonesia / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law / Shared humanity
Indigeneity: the unifying factor
A cause doesn’t drive itself. It requires dedication, research and interrogation of facts to sift out the fiction, to find buried lies. That’s what I do. I search and question…
April 6, 2011
Accountability / Arc of instability / Australian Federal Police / Culture / Indonesia / RAMSI / Rule of Law
Australia tramples on indigenous peoples rights in the ‘arc of instability’
The Australian Federal Police (AFP), established in 1979, enforces Commonwealth criminal law and protects Australia's interests at a national and international level. The AFP also contracts out a general policing…
April 4, 2011
ACT Government / Afghanistan / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Government / Law Enforcement / RAMSI / Rule of Law
Australia: The façade of democracy!
Australia is a signatory to two important international anti-corruption conventions: the United Nations Convention against Corruption (entered into force 14 December 2005) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development…
April 2, 2011
Superfluous People
For today’s post I’m borrowing a theme from Turgenev, specifically from The Diary of a Superfluous Man. As readers of Turgenev will know, much of his fiction is associated with…
April 1, 2011
‘The Australians are basically English rednecks’ – Robin Williams
Well Robin, ya ain’t wrong, mate! Anglo-Saxon ‘Australians’ whilst superficially decent, hard working Christian folk who, whilst not regular church goers, none-the-less profess to a certain spirituality, are racist! All…
March 26, 2011
The AFP and Australian Neo-Colonial Commercial Exploitation in Timor and the Pacific
AFP deploys to East Timor, AFP media release, Sunday, 28 May 2006 “The Australian Federal Police (AFP) can confirm a 45-member team will be deployed to East Timor tomorrow in…
March 22, 2011
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Commonwealth Ombudsman / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Shared humanity
perjury and perverting the course of justice strike at the heart of the administration of justice
"…each of the offences of perjury and perverting the course of justice strike at the heart of the administration of justice…" The above statement comes from Justice Bruce James's judgment…
March 21, 2011
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Rule of Law
“Politics is the art of the possible.” —Machiavelli
“All Things Obey Money.” This may be true, but if it is, it is because fools obey money. Just because it’s the first thing that comes to mind does not…
March 18, 2011
Corruption and racism in Australia, our eyes wide shut!
A friend from Melbourne, who has been the victim of ‘anti-wog’ racism since migrating to Australia as a child with his family, often quips that, “Sometimes you have a lucky…
March 15, 2011
Accountability / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Ombudsman / Corruption / Respect / Rule of Law
Our youth, a future of hope?
Yesterday I received a communication from a foreign school student who has an Australian Federal Police detachment in his country. His question, to me after reading my comments on Blak…
March 12, 2011
ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Rule of Law / Stanhope Government
“idiots…drunks…and people with nowhere else to go…”
“Well, invaded by idiots, perhaps, Mr Humphries, and that would not surprise me at all. Being invaded by drunks would not surprise me either. Being invaded by people with nowhere…
March 9, 2011
Accountability / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Culture / Hypocrisy / NSW Police / Rule of Law / Uncategorized
Mr Commissioner Hypocrisy doesn’t equal integrity
As part of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Additional estimates for 2006–2007, held in February 2007, Senator Evans put the following question on notice to…
March 8, 2011
ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Hypocrisy / Rule of Law / Stanhope Government
Equality and the law
“You don’t have to worry about your little boong mate Marky suing you for fitting him up. When I’m finished with him he’ll be in the gutter where he belongs…
March 2, 2011