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Racism

Be Alert, Be Alarmed: How Justice Fails in the Australian Capital Territory
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Racism

Be Alert, Be Alarmed: How Justice Fails in the Australian Capital Territory

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.

15 Comments
August 7, 2026
The Man From Nowhere: A Madeleine at Thirty Thousand Feet
Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Racism / Uncategorized

The Man From Nowhere: A Madeleine at Thirty Thousand Feet

A bottle of red, a madeleine biscuit ... the mundane things that trigger involuntary memory.

7 Comments
August 2, 2026
Common Beliefs: Two Decades Of Institutional Protection For A Racist Public Servant
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism

Common Beliefs: Two Decades Of Institutional Protection For A Racist Public Servant

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.

5 Comments
July 31, 2026
The Architect Who Dismantled: F.W. de Klerk and the Politics of Letting Go
Discrimination / Human Rights / Law / Racism / Shared humanity

The Architect Who Dismantled: F.W. de Klerk and the Politics of Letting Go

Whether genuinely seeking peace or simply a pragmatic politician who saw the inevitable, FW de Klerk was instrumental in dismantling apartheid

4 Comments
July 19, 2026
Nelson Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom and Reconciliation
Discrimination / Human Rights / Racism / Shared humanity

Nelson Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom and Reconciliation

On Nelson Mandela International Day, we reflect on the life and legacy of one of modern history's greatest humanists.

5 Comments
July 18, 2026
The unAustralians
Australian Aborigines / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Racism / Religion

The unAustralians

What they mean is values minus — minus you, minus him.

8 Comments
July 17, 2026
Exclusion: White Nationalism and the Moral Imperative of Resistance
Discrimination/Racism / Racism

Exclusion: White Nationalism and the Moral Imperative of Resistance

Coordinated effort across education, institutions, legislation and community is required to counter the skewed narratives of white nationalism

6 Comments
June 16, 2026
Fiction Become Prophecy: A Contemporary Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / Former Commissioner / Justice / Racism

Fiction Become Prophecy: A Contemporary Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

Higher expectations and broader negative assumptions of an Indigenous man underpin the pervasive structural racism that destroys First Nations lives.

16 Comments
May 28, 2026
Sorry Means Accountability: A Sorry Day Essay
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / Former Commissioner / Racism / Uncategorized

Sorry Means Accountability: A Sorry Day Essay

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…

10 Comments
May 27, 2026
Still Standing: A Note to Readers of Blak and Black
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination/Racism / Former Commissioner / Justice / Racism

Still Standing: A Note to Readers of Blak and Black

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…

10 Comments
May 20, 2026
We Were All Made In The Image: On othering, humanism and the Enlightenment legacy
Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Human Rights / Racism / Refugees / Shared humanity

We Were All Made In The Image: On othering, humanism and the Enlightenment legacy

Far from being a footnote in history, the Enlightenment remains a challenge to the racism and exclusion plaguing Australia and the world.

8 Comments
May 16, 2026
Superfluous People: Anticipation Without Consummation – A History
Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Racism

Superfluous People: Anticipation Without Consummation – A History

Regardless of recommendations, time and again, the rights of Indigenous people in Australia are subordinated to those of others, The Gap never closing.

14 Comments
May 14, 2026
The Red-Haired Fishmonger and the Billionaire From the West: A Fable
Discrimination/Racism / Racism / Uncategorized

The Red-Haired Fishmonger and the Billionaire From the West: A Fable

Ambition combined with greed and envy makes for a dangerous combination.

11 Comments
May 6, 2026
After Bondi – Terror, Antisemitism, and the Architecture of Safety
Accountability / Commonwealth Government / Government / Racism / Uncategorized / Xenophobia

After Bondi – Terror, Antisemitism, and the Architecture of Safety

A Critical Essay on the Interim Report of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

6 Comments
May 2, 2026
Riquet with the Quiff:A Fairy Tale for Australia’s Unfinished Multicultural Masterpiece
Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Racism / Refugee Policy / Respect / Shared humanity / Uncategorized

Riquet with the Quiff:A Fairy Tale for Australia’s Unfinished Multicultural Masterpiece

We are the princess. Reject Hanson’s othering. Love our unfinished multicultural nation enough to transform. Wish it so.

9 Comments
April 26, 2026
Australian Values: Gout Gout, Simpson and the Nation’s Soul
Assimilation / Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Racism

Australian Values: Gout Gout, Simpson and the Nation’s Soul

Australia is not and has never been a defined racial group. There is no racial purity and those who argue such are not its defenders.

9 Comments
April 16, 2026
The Dream Deferred: Martin Luther King Jr and Unfinished Justice
Discrimination/Racism / Racism

The Dream Deferred: Martin Luther King Jr and Unfinished Justice

Generating the momentum to realise the Dream envisioned in 1963 by Luther King requires the moral will to demand what is owed.

8 Comments
April 15, 2026
Early Drug Diversion, Privilege and Racism in NSW Police
Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Law Enforcement / NSW Police / Racism

Early Drug Diversion, Privilege and Racism in NSW Police

Inequities in the management of first-time drug offences by NSW Police highlight the ongoing problems in Closing the Gap.

10 Comments
April 6, 2026
IHRA, the Australian Public Service and Silencing Political Dissent
Commonwealth Government / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Government / Racial Discrimination Act / Racism / Religion / Rule of Law

IHRA, the Australian Public Service and Silencing Political Dissent

Enforcing a disputed political definition in the public service sets an implicit bias that will affect public policy and relations both local and international.

16 Comments
March 31, 2026
Manufactured Hatred: Hate Speech, Islamophobia and the Fracturing Australian Society
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Manufactured Hatred: Hate Speech, Islamophobia and the Fracturing Australian Society

The persistent lack of accountability for the vilification of Muslims threatens to undermine the foundations of equality that form the fabric of our society.

6 Comments
March 28, 2026
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Publications

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  • RAMSI - the scion of the juggernaut of greed

    Solomon Star
    13 October 2011
  • AFP accused of fabricating evidence, yet again

    Solomon Star (Print only)
    4 October 2011
  • Moti affair

    Solomon Star
    14 September 2011
  • Moti affair

    Fiji Sun
    12 September 2011
  • Moti appeal exposes mixed loyalties and judicial corruption

    Solomon Star
    22 July 2011
  • Moti end game

    FijiSun
    22 July 2011
  • Letters to the editor: Article by Bakchos

    Solomon Star
    20 July 2011
  • Co-operate or else! AFP thuggery for a white Australia

    Solomon Star
    24 June 2011
  • The strange case of Bill Johnson, a study in neo-colonial hypocrisy

    Solomon Star
    17 June 2011
  • Neo-colonialism in the Torres Strait

    Solomon Star
    14 June 2011
  • Moti and other affairs

    Solomon Star
    9 June 2011
  • Comment: Excellent Read

    Fiji Sun
    7 June 2011

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    There are lot of Brethren in Young, they are scary dudes.

  2. Polina on Morality Without Religion, Society Without Morality

    Goodness does not wait on theology. Civilisation cannot do without goodness.

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    What do trust, low corruption and social cooperation depend on? A common answer is shared moral norms, and the source…

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    All’ah swt is the one all merciful God and everything comes from him, including morality.

  5. Olikoye on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution

    I’ve been watching these issues now for over a month, and the only conclusion I can draw is that the…

  6. Bakchos on Marathon, Not Hastings: The Inheritance a Bigot Never Read

    I’ve often thought about that motto over the course of my life.

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