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.
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May 28, 2026
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…
May 27, 2026
The Country Remembers
Before the word sorry was even possible, the country already knew what had been taken ...
May 26, 2026
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…
May 20, 2026
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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.
May 16, 2026
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.
May 14, 2026
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.
April 16, 2026
Law, Image And Ceremony: Aboriginal Art and Systems of Knowledge
Yolngu painting is more than art. It is a living expression of ancestors, land and community, one with the Dreaming.
April 7, 2026
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.
April 6, 2026
Valedictory: Rhoda Ann Roberts AO Returns to the Dreaming
An Indigenous woman, a luminary, a creator. We are the lesser for her loss.
March 22, 2026
From Arnhem Land’s River to the Sea
Between the Glyde’s brown pull and the Arafura’s breath,where saltpan cracks like sentences half-said,I walk the country that was old before our clocks,and learn to read a language without thread.The…
March 21, 2026
Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Racism / Refugee Policy
Pauline Hanson: Why I Would Never Vote for One Nation
I have been voting in Australian elections for decades. Over that time I have supported a range of parties and individuals – Liberal when I thought they had the right…
March 9, 2026
Accountability / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Former Commissioner / Justice / Racism
White Supremacy and the Amazing “Schrödinger’s Cop”
Contradictory records presented by the Australian Federal Police for the same day regarding entirely separate matters demonstrate manipulation of evidence.
March 7, 2026
Songlines of the Moonlit Dreaming
Fly with me through the dreaming, where the night sky opens like a doorway and the old spirits speak in soft winds, guiding our steps across the warm red earth.Let…
February 27, 2026
Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination / Equality / Government / Racism / Religion / White Australia / Xenophobia
The Evolution of Australian Identity: From White Christian Egalitarianism to a Multicultural Reality
Entrenched Australian romanticism in the face of the demographic, religious and economic changes of multiculturalism sets a path to democratic inequality.
February 22, 2026
Bulla, Queensland, 1861 by William Oswald Hodgkinson
Terrorism in Australia: The Racial and Cultural Limits of Response
Responses to suspected and actual terrorist acts vary widely in Australia, demonstrating the ongoing structural racism within our society.
February 11, 2026
Colonial Violence: The Wallabadah Manuscript and the Enduring Strength of Gamilaraay and Wiradjuri Peoples
The Wallabadah Manuscript recounts the resilience and endurance of the Indigenous people in the face of colonisation.
January 27, 2026