Autopsy of the Major Oak: How Care Becomes Harm at Scale
Major Oak has died, succumbing to the ravages of too much love from the well meaning and ignorant.
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September 17, 2026
Art / Australian Aborigines / Culture / First Nations/Indigenous / Human Rights / Mining / Uncategorized
The Enduring Legacy Of Murujuga: The International Significance Of The Mardathoonera Rock Art
Enforceable protections for the ancient rock art at Murujuga from the North West Shelf gas industry are critical to ensuring that it survives another fifty-thousand years.
July 12, 2026
Indonesia, West Papua and the World’s Largest Deforestation Project
The destruction of West Papua's farmland and forests represents an ecological and cultural disaster, compounding the atrocious human rights record on the island.
June 10, 2026
Australia: The Death of the Lucky Country
Mediocrity in government and business is destroying Australia in the public sector. Participation awards have suddenly become something of value.
May 25, 2026
The Dance of Bliss and the Silence of West Papua
On cosmic harmony, extraction, and the seventy-three dead.
May 3, 2026
Australian Aborigines / Corporate profit / Corruption / First Nations/Indigenous / Mining / Propaganda
The Wonderful Wizard of Gina
A spin on a classic tale.
July 27, 2025
Accountability / Culture / Environment / Government / Human Rights / International Law / Justice / Mining / West Papua
The Impact of the Grasberg Mine: A Deep Dive into West Papua’s Struggles
The Grasberg Mine in West Papua is damaging the environment and compromises the health and cultural heritage of the local Indigenous people.
February 25, 2025
Is Peter Dutton’s Nuclear Power Plan Really the Best Option for Australia?
Peter Dutton argues that nuclear power is argued as the solution to Australia's energy challenges. Bakchos look at the pros and cons.
December 18, 2024
Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Human Rights / International Law / Mining / United Nations
Echoes Of Silence: Chevron’s Profits Amidst The Crisis In Gaza
Will we be remembered as passive observers, complicit in the silence that enables injustice?
December 1, 2024
Assimilation / Corporate profit / Corruption / Culture / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / First Nations/Indigenous / Genocide / Genocide by stealth / Human Rights / Law / Mining / Neo-Colonialism / Racism / Reconciliation / Rule of Law
#IdleNoMore – Transnational Indigenous Solidarity
#IdleNoMore is a growing movement of indigenous activism that started with Canada's First Nations taking a stand against a long history of systematic, institutionalized abuse from the Canadian authorities.
January 22, 2013
Archaeology / Art / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Mining / Racism / WA government / Yindjibarndi
Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation Media Statement
The Yindjibarndi set out their intentions in their dispute with Fortescue Metals Group.
November 29, 2012
Accountability / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Culture / Environment / First Nations/Indigenous / Genocide / Government / Human Rights / Law / Mining / Neo-Colonialism / Rule of Law / WA government / Yindjibarndi
Another Whistleblower Drops FMG Mining Deal Bombshell
Bulletin from the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation regarding FMG.
November 1, 2012
Accountability / Archaeology / Art / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / Equality / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / International Law / Justice / Law / Mining / Rule of Law
YINDJIBARNDI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION MEDIA RELEASE
FMG ‘DECLASSIFIED’ THEN DESTROYED YINDJIBARNDI HERITAGE SITES Recent reports that, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) is pushing ahead with the “low-cost Firetail deposit” at its Solomon Project, while scaling back…
September 13, 2012
Art / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Genocide / Human Rights / International Law / Mining / Rule of Law
“Freeport is a symbol of everything that is wrong with Papua”
PT Freeport Indonesia's newly appointed president director, Rozik B. Soetjipto, announced this week that the company is willing to renegotiate its contract with the Indonesian government for the continuation of…
July 14, 2012
The stories, art and dance of Arnhem Land, the longest running show in history
NAIDOC week seems a fitting time to diverge a little from the normal themes of Blak and Black and have a peak into what was our culture prior to the…
July 3, 2012
Rock art recalls Pearlers. Yindjibarndi country. Image courtest Western Australia Museum.
Commonwealth Government / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Environment / Government / Law / Mining / Rule of Law / WA government
Amendments to WA’s Aboriginal Heritage Act: a mining ‘industry-friendly’ high jacking
Amendments to Western Australia's heritage Act removes critical protections for Aboriginal sites, preferencing mining over Indigenous culture.
June 27, 2012
Assimilation / Corporate profit / Corruption / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Genocide / Human Rights / Law / Mining / Rule of Law / Shared humanity
Law is The Law, but not if you’re an Aborigine
For an Aborigine, who has obligations to the land, the concept of Terra Nullius is both foreign and irrelevant.
June 22, 2012
Accountability / Australian Federal Police / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Equality / Globalisation / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Mining / Respect / Rule of Law
70 butchered Congolese: a small price to pay for our blood copper and silver!
It will be a marvellous thing – the true personality of man – when we see it. It will grow naturally and simply, flower-like, or as a tree grows. It…
May 31, 2012
Accountability / AHRC/HREOC / ASIO / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Counter-terrorism laws / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Human Rights / International Law / Law Enforcement / Mining / Rule of Law / Terrorism
Australia: a parable on authoritative oppression and the nature of conformity
Jan Nemec's film acts as a warning about the dangers of authoritarianism, restricted freedomand the human response to stress.
May 30, 2012
Asia-Pacific / Culture / Environment / Genocide / Human Rights / Indonesia / Justice / Mining / Neo-Colonialism / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / West Papua
300,000 dead West Papuan’s: a fair price for our golems?
Sydney: city of mystery, city of marvels. Sydney: its foreshores once teeming with Gadigal; now a captive city pregnant with memories, enveloped by memories of a Gadigal Atlantis. The traditional…
May 24, 2012