In the fifteen years since Blak and Black spoke of the erosion of civil liberties, much of what was forewarned has been realised.
Multiple agencies have acted as a single entity to protect Angel Marina from being held to account for racism.
How a failed accountant, a compliant university registrar and a police force with a race problem manufactured a case against an Indigenous public servant.
It took multiple people and agencies to ruin the lives of the former Commissioner for Revenue and his family and it can happen to you as well.
Over twenty years of seemingly direct support for Angel Marina in the face of his racism leads to the conclusion that the ALP and AFP are both racist.
Higher expectations and broader negative assumptions of an Indigenous man underpin the pervasive structural racism that destroys First Nations lives.
Every year on the 26th of May, Australia observes National Sorry Day. Flags are lowered. Speeches are made. Politicians stand at podiums and invoke the language of healing, reconciliation, and…
Some of you have been reading this blog since its earliest days. You know the history. You know what was attempted. This is a brief note to tell you that…
Justice requires that legal practitioners be held to the same standards as the rest of the community, but not all jurisdictions accept that fact.
Assuring equality under the law requires the persistent effort of people and institutions to deliver on the promise, a matter at which Australia is failing.
Contradictory records presented by the Australian Federal Police for the same day regarding entirely separate matters demonstrate manipulation of evidence.
Addressing isolated racism whilst ignoring that against other ethnicities or cultures is a bandage to a systemic wound.
Thomas Emerson's Closing the Gap Bill is a crucial step toward dismantling the systemic racism in the ACT Public Service.
No more excuses, no more cover-ups. It's time that Indigenous Australians are shown respect.
Tu Pham investigated herself. Unsurprisingly, she was exonerated, much to the detriment of her Indigenous direct report.
Inexperience breeds denial of serious crimes including rape and racism.
Unbroken rule lasting over a generation has broken integrity, embedding discrimination and cronyism within the ACT Public Service.
A Lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to dwell. Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he came near they turned…
Complaints management by the Australian Federal Police is a farce, according to the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
The actions of this senior ACT public servant underscore the vulnerability of Indigenous people to injustice within the ACT.