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?
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September 24, 2024
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 / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Racism / Sexism
#Misogyny and #sexism – Australian political rhetoric
Before launching into this post, Blak and Black wishes to congratulate its good friend Mr. Julian Moti QC on his admission to the Fiji bar and imminent return to the…
June 30, 2013
Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Human Rights / Racism / Respect / Sexism / Shared humanity / Xenophobia
Penny Wong and the Christian lobby – what is prejudice?
For myself, earth-bound and fettered to the scene of my activities, I confess that I do feel the differences of mankind, national and individual…I am, in plainer words, a bundle…
May 22, 2013
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Statistics, lies and the #AFP
Thus Friend comforted me. I took great comfort from his counsel, and it seemed to me, indeed that he knew at least more than Reason did. But before he had…
January 30, 2013
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Hypocrisy underscoring the ACT’s Bill of Rights
''Quite often before they get there [to court] they have done something quite serious. It becomes quite difficult because the offending behaviour is the first point that you've got to…
January 13, 2013
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism / Rule of Law / Sexism / Xenophobia
Resistance is futile – like hell it is!
I couldn’t resist writing this post. I just couldn’t. Because since well before the whole Destroy the Joint thing has started, Blak and Black has been fighting to draw attention…
January 2, 2013
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A Contributing Life: the reality of Australia’s first people
“… people with mental health problems want the same thing as everyone else. Even the disadvantaged should be able to lead a contributing life. This can mean many things. It…
December 25, 2012
Corruption / Culture / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Former Commissioner / Fred Martens / Human Rights / Julian Moti / Justice / Racism / Religion / Rule of Law / Sexism / Shared humanity
Right versus religion
Last week one comment on twitter to some of the Blak and Black crew resulted in considerable discussion about the underlying intent of this wee blog. The commenter, apparently thinking…
November 21, 2012
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Destroy the Joint, schmoozing and the hypocrites
The announcement of a Royal Commission into child abuse by clergy is as big an issue as was the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption, if not bigger. This is…
November 15, 2012
Accountability / ACT Government / Assimilation / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Domestic Law / Equality / Equality of opportunity / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / Sexism / United Nations
A hypocrite for a Prime Minister, a hypocrite for a Chief Minister
Each man reaches perfection by doing his own duty; he worships god – from whom all beings come, by whom this universe was stretched forth – by doing his appointed…
November 13, 2012
ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Bill of Rights / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Government / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / Sexism
Ain’t I a woman?
If I could share a meal at a table with a small group of people from any time in history, Isabella Baumfree would be one of them. Perhaps, just perhaps,…
October 26, 2012
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Bill of Rights / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / Racism / Sexism
Sisters, will the real misogynist please stand up?
Misogyny is a nasty word. It implies much more than sexism; it indicates a hatred of women. That’s why, in the overall view of the current political debates I must…
October 11, 2012
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Kristallnacht: Why human rights is everyone’s business
Tell me who you are, what you stand for what you mean Tell me what the lines and whirls upon your hand do mean Show me plain the markings of…
September 9, 2012
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Forty years on, Indigenous women still without rights
It was freezing last night where I slept in my travels, below freezing in fact. In Bangerang country, home of the Yorta Yorta people, Mother Nature may have frozen the…
July 7, 2012
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Respect: more than just a word
Last week, I came across this post by Cate via a mutual friend. I asked if Blak and Black could republish it, to share it with a more diverse audience…
June 9, 2012
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National Sorry Day: Meaningless in the face of racism and sexism
Last week’s discussion of the Jinn combined with this week’s reading about Heraclitus to reinforce my opinion that the treatment of Ms. King and Lucinda McMillan at the hands of the…
May 26, 2012