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…
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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
‘Thou shall not fall into the chasm of disobeying the rule of law’
Mr Aripaea Salmon is the father of the girl at the centre of the Julian Moti sex tourism allegations, which were reignited by the Australian Federal Police nearly a decade…
March 24, 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
The `Stolen Generations’ and Cultural Genocide
Mr David Harrison is a member of the ‘new’ stolen generation and a former colleague from Canberra. I asked David a while ago if he would write a piece about…
March 16, 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
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
Australia, you are racist!
So, you still think Australia doesn’t have a problem with racism? It’s time we took a good look at some evidence to the contrary, the most recent of which can…
March 4, 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
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Hypocrisy / Rule of Law
“You can only have as much justice as you can afford”
What do Darren Bloomfield, Isobel Coe, Angelique, the former Commissioner for ACT Revenue, Uncle Billy, Ms King, ‘Spooky eyes’ ‘Bird’ Pat, ‘Lizard’ John Johnson, Albert Mason, Richard Hansen, Trevor Beal…
March 1, 2011
Accountability / Corruption / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Rule of Law
Some uncomfortable parallels between Mubarak’s Egypt and contemporary Australia
Mr Paulo Flores is today’s guest poster on Blak and Black. Paulo is a European trained and qualified Psychologist, Lawyer, Mediator and Human Rights Activist. He is currently working in…
February 25, 2011
Who are citizens of ‘Australia’s great democracy?’
First, democracy implies processes of communication through which individuals come to know as individuals what they want or think is right. Individuals should be the owners of their beliefs and…
February 23, 2011
Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Hypocrisy / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law
We’re not racist, we’re Australian!
Australia Day 2011, a mere 223 years after the English invasion and occupation of Aboriginal Australia, an invasion in which white ‘Christian’ males brought with them all of the then,…
February 5, 2011
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Law Enforcement / Respect / Rule of Law / Stanhope Government
The genteel art of bullying
I was recently discussing the genteel art of bullying with a former associate, Paulo Flores, who is a psychologist and mediator and Watershedd, a recent contributor to Blak and Black.…
January 30, 2011
ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Government / Hypocrisy / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law / Stanhope Government
The model litigant: A comment by Jen Trees
The Commonwealth and each of the States and Territories of Australia have an obligation to act as a model litigant in claims and litigation. This obligation is enshrined in legislation…
January 12, 2011
ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Ombudsman / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Government / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law / Stanhope Government
Racism and Corporate Australia
Over the next few weeks I will be putting up posts written by those who have assisted me in collecting statements or who have introduced me to the victims of…
January 5, 2011
Accountability / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Law Enforcement / Respect / WA Police
Racism takes many forms
Kevin Spratt, an Aboriginal man from Western Australia, was tasered up to 41 times in a week and went to hospital with fractures, a collapsed lung and a dislocated shoulder…
December 11, 2010