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Envisioning a world without the constraints of religion opens up possibilities for a more harmonious existence.
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September 27, 2024
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Human Rights / Racism / White Australia
The Hypocrisy of Labor Leadership in the ACT: A Closer Look at Human Rights Commitments
The integrity of our public institutions relies on the unwavering application of human rights principles, particularly when it comes to protecting the most vulnerable members of our community.
September 25, 2024
Wage parity in the ACT – more than tokenism?
The question needs to be asked: has there been genuine effort made to narrow the gender pay gap for women in the ACT?
September 24, 2024
What's behind the mask?
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Human Rights / Racism / Stanhope Government / White Australia
Unmasking the ACT Labor Government’s Human Rights Charade
Reposted with permission from canberralabor.com Hey everyone! ? Today, I want to dive into a topic that’s been bugging me for a while now – the ACT Labor government and…
September 24, 2024
The Veil of Justice
For justice, though it wears a shroud ... It is the hope of every crowd.
September 17, 2024
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Culture / Discrimination / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Racism / White Australia
Workplace culture in the ACT: why unethical behaviour thrives
Recognising that the silence around toxic culture and silencing workplace racism is imperative in ending the culture that justifies rather than holds accountable the Angel Marina’s of the public service.
September 16, 2024
Former CT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope
ACT Government / Bill of Rights / Discrimination / Human Rights / Refugee Policy / Refugees / Stanhope Government
The Paradox of Jon Stanhope: Human Rights Champion or Hypocrite?
Former ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope has been lauded as a champion of human rights, but an examination of his actions reveals a dissonance between his proclaimed values and the realities of his political decisions
September 15, 2024
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Ernst & Young / First Nations/Indigenous / Racism / Uncategorized / White Australia
The Legend of Angel Marina
A valedictorian to ACT Labor, farewell and goodbye, and its twenty-year effort to protect a white supremacist from legal and moral accountability.
September 13, 2024
Racism is killing me, by Jessica Sabogal
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Justice / Racism / Uncategorized / White Australia
The Australian Capital Territory: Australia’s racism capital
Efforts made to address racism in the Australian Capital Territory are insufficient in the face of deeply entrenched systemic inequalities
September 13, 2024
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Racism / Uncategorized
Australian Capital Territory Indigenous Incarceration Rates
Indigenous incarceration rates are among the absolute worst in the world.
September 12, 2024
Australian Aborigines / Culture / Equality of opportunity / First Nations/Indigenous / Shared humanity
Beneath the Stones of Circular Quay
Beneath the stones where footsteps tread, Lies a tale of wisdom long since spread,
September 12, 2024
Never again is now!
Populist politicians will promise everything to everyone to get elected.
July 17, 2024
Peter Garrison, ACT Solicitor-General
Accountability / ACT Government / Discrimination / Former Commissioner / Justice / Law / Racism / Rule of Law
Just-us in the ACT: Undermining the rule of law from the top
"The rule of law ... is wielded - not arbitrarily, but with accountability and predictability." Mark Dreyfuss, Attorney-General, Australia
July 12, 2024
Australian Captial Territory Sovereign
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Ernst & Young / First Nations/Indigenous / Justice / Racism / Rule of Law
Peter Garrison, Angel Marina and sovereignty in the ACT
The actions of Peter Garrison, the ACT’s Clayton’s Solicitor-General, has created in Angel Marina a kind of king not answerable to the law for his actions.
July 3, 2024
ACT Integrity Commission 13 May 2024
ACT Integrity Commission, blinkered and bound
Why did the ACT Solicitor General want BnB taken down?
June 24, 2024
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism / Rule of Law / Uncategorized
20 Years of friends in the Australian Federal Police
Some days demand that we pause to reflect on an event on the same date in the past. For Blak and Black that day is 9 May and this year marks 20 years since Angel Marina wrote his now widely recognised letter of racism against the ACT Government’s then most senior Indigenous employee.
May 9, 2022
Image: AP/Silvia Izquierdo
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Racism / Sexism
Feminist disparity, Blak white and Swedish
Only when we march for every woman and girl will there truly be solidarity.
March 15, 2021
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / First Nations/Indigenous / Racism / Respect
The truth about First Nations employment in the ACT
An inquiry into the Aboriginal and Terres Strait Islander employment in the ACT excluded two key directorates that with longstanding racism issues - CMTEDD and JACS.
October 13, 2020
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Labor Party / Bill of Rights / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Diversity / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Human Rights / Justice / Racism / Stanhope Government
The Legacy of ACT Labor, 20 years of lazy government
Suppression of two public interest disclosures pointing money siphoned out of government coffers hallows corruption to go on unchecked in the Australian Capital Territory.
September 26, 2020
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Labor Party / Bill of Rights / Corruption / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Human Rights / Justice / Racial Discrimination Act / Racism / Stanhope Government / Uncategorized
The ACT Barr Government, ducking the hard calls for another term
Why was Mullins fitted-up for seeking a missing public interest disclosure and why does the Barr Government not ensure transparency?
September 19, 2020