Corruption

Ernst & Young, the silence is deafening!

Following is a response to the statement published by Ernst & Young. People with things to hide generally sneak around, aiming to placate those who can advance their situation. They…

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January 5, 2012

Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Law Enforcement / Racism

Ernst & Young comment on Tom Payne

The following statement published by Ernst & Young on their website and reported on the professional accounting and recruitment site Big4 has come to my attention.The following is a screen shot…

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January 1, 2012

Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / India / Julian Moti / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / PNG / Racism / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands

Moti one of the many victims of white Australia’s black and white concept of justice

The following is an extract from a news article titled Keelty's rage at Moti manoeuvres which appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on October12, 2006. Mr Keelty said yesterday he…

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December 30, 2011

Corruption / Culture / Democracy / Human Rights / Respect / Rule of Law

This ephemeral thing we call democracy

"The essence of the demand for freedom is the need of conditions which will enable an individual to make his own special contribution to a group interest, and to partake…

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December 29, 2011

Assimilation / Corruption / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Racism / Respect / Shared humanity

Good Christian Souls

Best of the Season. This post is a little delayed, but hey, it is the Yuletide! “Does this discrepancy between reality and altruistic morality yield the positive effects which are…

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December 27, 2011

Accountability / Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / Corporate profit / Corruption / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Human Rights / Indonesia / International Law / Justice / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / Racism / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / West Papua

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

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

Congratulations Julian Moti QC on your well-deserved win over Australian racism and hypocrisy! "If the criminal justice system is corrupted, or otherwise interfered with, a community is left with few…

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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

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,…

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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

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

The ACT Government isn’t so much corrupt as it is immoral – Senior ACT Public Servant I had lunch in Canberra yesterday with Paul, a former colleague from my public…

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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?

I have been arguing since 1996 that it is unlikely that David Eastman is responsible for the murder of Colin Stanley Winchester APM (18 October 1933 – 10 January 1989).…

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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

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

Lady Margaret on Regression
Mark, I always enjoy reading your poetry and this one is no exception.
Bakchos on Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution
Mr Marina’s “friends in the AFP” have shielded him from accountability, both criminal and civil for over two decades, which…
Watershedd on Are You Sleeping?
I've come back to this poem as we await the High Court's ruling on the proscription of the White Australia…
Bob Coe on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution
The more I read about this situation the more uncomfortable I become with the racism, and the racism is obvious.…
Watershedd on Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution
15 December 2003 is a very interesting date, John. Mullins tended his resignation that morning immediately following a conversation with…
Bob Coe on Fire the Liar, Mind the Glass House
Pauline Hanson is a racist bitch.

Corruption

Ernst & Young, the silence is deafening!

Ernst & Young comment on Tom Payne

Moti one of the many victims of white Australia’s black and white concept of justice

This ephemeral thing we call democracy

Good Christian Souls

The Lombok Treaty: a win for self interest over justice

Bintang Kejora: a struggle for a new dawn

Moti a champion of indigenous human rights

Ernst & Young, bastions of corporate responsibility

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

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

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