Ash and Silence
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July 19, 2025
The Last Great Cause: Defending the Enlightenment in Contemporary Times
Excessive wealth accumulation and social media threaten to broaden inequality through discarding the values of the Enlightenment.
July 17, 2025
Accountability / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Domestic Law / First Nations/Indigenous
Innocent People Pleading Guilty: Imbalance in the Just-us System
Finances, emotions and lack of accountability by police all serve to drive some innocent people to plead guilty to ease pressures.
July 14, 2025
The Complex Landscape of Antisemitism and Multiculturalism in Australia
The very arguments posed against the Voice to Parliament demonstrate the hypocrisy of those advocating for antisemitism laws.
July 12, 2025
Accountability / Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Law Enforcement / Police / Racism
Systemic Racism, Police Violence and Indigenous Representation in Australia
Aboriginal people are disproportionately targeted by police, with few being brought to justice.
July 11, 2025
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Law Enforcement / Racism
Indigenous Incarceration in the ACT: Systemic Bias and Just-us
Over-representation of Indigenous people in the ACT's criminal justice system is indicative of systemic bias in the AFP and lack of accountability.
July 9, 2025
Accountability / Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Law Enforcement / Northern Territory
Kumanjayi Walker Inquest and the Urgent Need for Police Reform
The coroner's findings of racism within the Northern Territory Police highlight the dangers to Indigenous people and the urgent need for reform.
July 8, 2025
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Justice / Racism / White Australia
Silent Zombies: The Death of the Rule of Law in Australia
A government tolerating manipulation of legal evidence cannot be expected to protect investors litigating against the Commonwealth in the ACT.
June 27, 2025
Mordechai Vanunu: Whistleblower, Traitor or Hero?
The revelations of a whistleblower that continue to ring through the decades, and never more so than today in the Middle East.
June 24, 2025
Mossad and Israeli Lobbying: Finance and the “Fake Terror Plot”
Manipulation of community anxieties and fear through fake terror plots is leveraged by lobbyists keen to advance their political agenda.
June 19, 2025
Reassessing Australia’s Economic Priorities: Moving Beyond Shareholder Value Toward a Sustainable Future
Australia must move beyond an American economic model with policies that prioritise community well-being and sustainability over shareholder profit.
June 18, 2025
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Human Rights / Mental Health / Racism
Whistleblowing: The Cost of Workplace Failure in ACT Treasury
ACT Treasury's Director Corporate Services demonstrated an extreme lack of integrity and acumen in managing the vilification of the Indigenous Commissioner for Revenue.
June 17, 2025
Accountability / Discrimination/Racism / Human Rights / International Law / Justice / Rule of Law / United Nations
Investigation, Prosecution and Universal Jurisdiction: The Legacy of Nuremberg
Individual responsibility and universal jurisdiction are the positive legacies of Nuremberg upon which justice must continue to stand.
June 12, 2025
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Bill of Rights / Corruption / Discrimination / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy
The Australian Honours System: A Critique of Political Patronage and Misaligned Recognition
Appointment of political figures and public servants to an Australian honour who demonstrate a lack of integrity devalues the awards system.
June 9, 2025
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Justice / Racism
Meredith Whitten: A Study in Institutional Racism and Systemic Failure
The actions of this senior ACT public servant underscore the vulnerability of Indigenous people to injustice within the ACT.
June 8, 2025
The Denial of Truth: Mental Prisons in Authoritarian and Free Societies
Andrei Konchalovsky's "Dear Comrades!" highlights the individual and societal costs of denying reality.
June 7, 2025
Media Influence on Outrage: Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Flotilla Mission and Senator Lindsey Graham’s Attacks
Deliberate misdirection by media of reader sympathies from positive acts of advocacy to negative expressions of justification perpetuates suffering.
June 5, 2025
Fighting Evil Without Becoming Evil: Ubuntu and the Good Dream
Realising our highest ideals when striving against evil demands that we hold ourselves attuned to our spiritual, ethical and communal selves.
June 4, 2025
The Sorrow and the Pity: Marcel Ophuls’ Cinematic Challenge to French Postwar Identity
Challenged to face the unpleasant underbelly of conservative French society during the Vichy era, Le Chagrin et la Pitié inspired reflection in French society.
May 29, 2025
Potential War Crimes Committed by Israel in Gaza Since October 7, 2023
Attacks on Gaza conducted with impunity enable the ongoing breach of international law and human rights conventions.
May 28, 2025