Ernst & Young

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The real problem with hypocrisy – it knows no honour

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. Milan Kundera One of the first Communist texts I read, following the French edition of Quotations from…

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July 19, 2012

Accountability / Cathal Lyons / Corporate profit / Corruption / Democracy / Ernst & Young / Human Rights / Law / Rule of Law

Cathal Lyons –V– the Hyenas of Capitalism

To penetrate the basic human predicament is more important than to fly to the moon Friedrich Durrenmatt Swiss-German playwright and novelist I’ve spent the last few days reading through the…

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July 11, 2012

Accountability / Cathal Lyons / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Disability / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Law / Rule of Law

Ernst & Young, the slippery eel in the hands of the law

Business is no place for friends and it doesn’t matter if you’re in Canberra, London, New York or Moscow. Whilst Cathal Lyons as the Managing Partner of Operations and Chief…

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July 8, 2012

ACT Government / AHRC/HREOC / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Ombudsman / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Law Enforcement / Racial Discrimination Act / Rule of Law

Do as I say, don’t do as I do

Hypocrisy in the application of the law enforcement and the commission of crimes by those within their ranks undermines democracy.

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May 12, 2012

Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Law / Law Enforcement / Racism / Rule of Law

Call me black: Proud to be an Aborigine!

The following verse is to Jean-Michel Basquiat's painting Jack Johnson, 1982 acrylic and oil paintstick on canvas. Jean-Michel Basquiat died at 27 years old from an overdose. He was the…

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May 5, 2012

ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Genocide by stealth / Government / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Racism / Rule of Law / Shared humanity

A prayer to the Gods

Attacks and abuse - the price of speaking out against racism and corruption, all ignored by law enforcement and corrupt officials.

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May 2, 2012

Accountability / Australian Federal Police / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Law Enforcement / Police / Racism

Ernst & Young, threats & intimidation

Yet another explanation needed by Ernst & Young ... In the words of a renowned Australian xenophobe, please explain, Ernst & Young. First, you employ an Indigenous Australian man (aka…

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April 29, 2012

ACT Government / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Justice / Rule of Law / Stolen Generation

Ernst and Young peddlers of falsity, destroyers of dreams

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought of golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would…

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April 14, 2012

Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Corporate profit / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / International Law / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law

Mob rule and the ‘gentle’ nations of the West

You can talk a mob into anything; its feelings may be – usually are – on the whole generous and right; but it has no foundation for them; you may…

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March 28, 2012

ACT Government / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Government / Racism

The great Aussie sporting culture’s hidden racist agenda

This post was penned in an outburst of indignation this morning after reading an article in the Sydney Morning Herald titled AFL clubs' unwritten rule on Aborigines which discusses the AFL’s…

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March 16, 2012

Accountability / Asia-Pacific / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Democracy / Ernst & Young / Genocide / Globalisation / Human Rights / Indonesia / Mining / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / West Papua

Silence no longer so golden

Complicity takes many forms, as discussed in posts by both Bakchos and me. Many believe that silent complicity is the least culpable, but to my mind if the silence enables…

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March 14, 2012

Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism / Rule of Law

Theft and racism, the festering sores in Canberra

For some years now I have been considering the concept of complicity. What constitutes complicity, how far does it extend, where does responsibility for wrongdoing cease? You can all blame…

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March 7, 2012

Accountability / ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Government / Human Rights / Indonesia / Mining / Racism / West Papua

Copper and gold: the blood diamonds of West Papua

Ernst & Young has its fingers in projects that disadvantage Indigenous people across the world, including in West Papua.

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February 22, 2012

Accountability / Asia-Pacific / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Genocide / Globalisation / Human Rights / Indonesia / International Law / Justice / Law / Mining / Political theory / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / West Papua

Genocide in West Papua, collective responsibility and the role of Ernst & Young

The TNI under Suharto was seen as different from other armies because: Indonesian army sees itself as quite different from other armies in the world, because it was never created…

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February 4, 2012

Accountability / ACT Government / Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / Corruption / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Globalisation / Government / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / RAMSI / Solomon Islands / Terrorism

The masks we wear: Ernst & Young and global terrorism

…the threats we face are no longer from known enemies, nations that have fleets or missiles or bombers that we can see come to the United States, nations that can…

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January 24, 2012

Accountability / ACT Government / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Diversity / Ernst & Young / Government / Law / Racism / Rule of Law

Ernst & Young and the Diversity Council of Australia

Employers have a legal responsibility to take ‘reasonable steps’ to prevent harassment and discrimination occurring in the workplace. Employers may also be held ‘vicariously liable’ for the actions of their…

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January 23, 2012

ACT Government / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Racism / Rule of Law

Sticks and stones

Today’s news article that Dr. Charlie Teo addressed racism as part of his speech to the Australia Day Council has raised hackles within the local community. Andrew Bolt and Steve…

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January 19, 2012

Accountability / ACT Government / AHRC/HREOC / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Diversity / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Justice / Law / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law

Ernst & Young, the silence is deafening!

Following is a response to the statement published by Ernst & Young. People with things to hide generally sneak around, aiming to placate those who can advance their situation. They…

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January 5, 2012

Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Law Enforcement / Racism

Ernst & Young comment on Tom Payne

The following statement published by Ernst & Young on their website and reported on the professional accounting and recruitment site Big4 has come to my attention.The following is a screen shot…

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January 1, 2012

Assimilation / Corruption / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Racism / Respect / Shared humanity

Good Christian Souls

Best of the Season. This post is a little delayed, but hey, it is the Yuletide! “Does this discrepancy between reality and altruistic morality yield the positive effects which are…

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December 27, 2011

Watershedd on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution
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Major Oak feels to me a bit like the canary in the mine. If it has died what about the…
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Ramses on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution
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That letter to the ANZ bank written by Mr Angel Marina is absolutely disgusting. I cannot believe that a government…

Ernst & Young

The real problem with hypocrisy – it knows no honour

Cathal Lyons –V– the Hyenas of Capitalism

Ernst & Young, the slippery eel in the hands of the law

Do as I say, don’t do as I do

Call me black: Proud to be an Aborigine!

A prayer to the Gods

Ernst & Young, threats & intimidation

Ernst and Young peddlers of falsity, destroyers of dreams

Mob rule and the ‘gentle’ nations of the West

The great Aussie sporting culture’s hidden racist agenda

Silence no longer so golden

Theft and racism, the festering sores in Canberra

Copper and gold: the blood diamonds of West Papua

Genocide in West Papua, collective responsibility and the role of Ernst & Young

The masks we wear: Ernst & Young and global terrorism

Ernst & Young and the Diversity Council of Australia

Sticks and stones

Ernst & Young, the silence is deafening!

Ernst & Young comment on Tom Payne

Good Christian Souls

RAMSI - the scion of the juggernaut of greed

AFP accused of fabricating evidence, yet again

Moti affair

Moti affair

Moti appeal exposes mixed loyalties and judicial corruption

Moti end game

Letters to the editor: Article by Bakchos

Co-operate or else! AFP thuggery for a white Australia

The strange case of Bill Johnson, a study in neo-colonial hypocrisy

Neo-colonialism in the Torres Strait

Moti and other affairs

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