Tertiary Education versus Social Media Superficiality and Cognitive Biases
The superficial emotive language of social media "facts" belies an illusion of superiority that fails the scrutiny of tertiary education.
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February 1, 2026
Accountability / Corruption / Education / Equality / Hypocrisy / Propaganda / Rule of Law / Tertiary
OUA and Australia’s culture of corruption
Before I launch into today’s topic I’d like to offer an apology for my long absence from Blak and Black. I have been helping a friend restore a 19th Century…
September 15, 2012
Culture / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Education / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Respect / Rule of Law / Tertiary
The Hunger Games, contemporary spin on ancient tale
My mind has been drawn to another of Rilke’s poems – Dreaming: This my labour: crowned by desire to wander the paths of days. Then sturdied, strong, send rootlet streamers…
April 22, 2012
Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Education / Equality of opportunity / Genocide / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Law Enforcement / Police / Respect / Tertiary
Anti-Aboriginal racism rife in the Australian Community
The National Tertiary Education Union ("NTEU") has released the findings from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander member survey ‘I’m Not Racist But … Report on Cultural Respect, Racial Discrimination,…
November 30, 2011
Occupy Sydney, photo Lukas Coch, Reuters
Corporate profit / Corruption / Education / Environment / Globalisation / Hypocrisy / Mining / Tertiary
Not everyone is lucky in the Lucky Country
The Occupy Sydney protests are a bellwether of societal margination under globalised economy.
October 22, 2011
ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Culture / Democracy / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Education / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / India / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / Tertiary / White Australia
No amount of education will ever make us white
The following is a letter I received from a reader of Blak and Black and the Fiji Sun, talking about his experiences as a Pakistani/Australian living in Australia’s Capital, Canberra: Dear…
July 31, 2011