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Justice Within Injustice, Fifteen Years On
ACT Government / Commonwealth Government / Commonwealth Ombudsman / Domestic Law / Former Commissioner / Fred Martens / Julian Moti / Justice / NSW Government / Queensland / Rule of Law

Justice Within Injustice, Fifteen Years On

In the fifteen years since Blak and Black spoke of the erosion of civil liberties, much of what was forewarned has been realised.

1 Comment
September 14, 2026
Flags and Fury – When Ideals Fail to Align
Government / Shared humanity

Flags and Fury – When Ideals Fail to Align

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the attacks on the United States of America, recalled most vividly by the destruction of the Twin Towers, has stoked a wave of patriotism and reflection…

5 Comments
September 13, 2026
Fire the Liar, Mind the Glass House
Government / Hypocrisy

Fire the Liar, Mind the Glass House

Hanson's campaign highlighting the Prime Minister's lies when One Nation's candidates are proved to be lying undermines her arguments.

6 Comments
September 10, 2026
Strategic Entanglements: Australia, the US and China
Commonwealth Government / Government

Strategic Entanglements: Australia, the US and China

Diametrically opposed world views by the USA and China demand strategic management of risks in both regional defence and international trade.

3 Comments
September 8, 2026
Absent Family: The Contest for the Blue Pacific
Asia-Pacific / Commonwealth Government / Julian Moti / Pacific Neighbours / PNG / Solomon Islands / Vanuatu

Absent Family: The Contest for the Blue Pacific

The 55th Pacific Islands Forum has highlighted the tug of war over seabed resources, pitching regional powers against each other and a Goliath.

5 Comments
September 5, 2026
The Architecture of Capture: How the Separation of Powers Dies in Practice, Not in Law
Democracy / Government / Justice / Law / Political theory / Rule of Law

The Architecture of Capture: How the Separation of Powers Dies in Practice, Not in Law

Weakening the separation of the legislative and administrative branches of the law risks a partisan judiciary that acts on political intent rather than justice guidelines.

3 Comments
September 4, 2026
Euphemism and the Grammar of Unaccountable Power
Corruption / Government / Propaganda

Euphemism and the Grammar of Unaccountable Power

Language can shield the truth as readily as expose it, duping adherents on all sides of the political spectrum.

4 Comments
September 3, 2026
Telescreen On The Toll Road: Nineteen Eighty-Four and New South Wales’s New Surveillance Powers
Government / NSW Government / Respect

Telescreen On The Toll Road: Nineteen Eighty-Four and New South Wales’s New Surveillance Powers

Road toll cameras have become the means of surveillance in New South Wales, with no checks of balances on their use to protect civil rights.

2 Comments
August 31, 2026
Institutional Unity in the Shielding of Angel Marina
ACT Government / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Racism

Institutional Unity in the Shielding of Angel Marina

Multiple agencies have acted as a single entity to protect Angel Marina from being held to account for racism.

16 Comments
August 27, 2026
The Permanent Emergency: How Temporary Powers Become Tools of Domination
Discrimination/Racism / Government / Racism / Religion / Rule of Law / Sexism / Xenophobia

The Permanent Emergency: How Temporary Powers Become Tools of Domination

Emergency legislation implemented for sound reasons can become the tool of unscrupulous and unethical people if not dismantled when no longer needed.

9 Comments
August 26, 2026
Australian Values: Politics, Immigrants and Pauline Hanson
Discrimination/Racism / Government / Refugees

Australian Values: Politics, Immigrants and Pauline Hanson

In the matter of the nation, there are immigrants who embody our values and there is Hanson who divides.

5 Comments
August 24, 2026
Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner

Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution

How a failed accountant, a compliant university registrar and a police force with a race problem manufactured a case against an Indigenous public servant.

33 Comments
August 19, 2026
Pauline Hanson’s Politics Of Personal Dislikes
Commonwealth Government / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Government / Racism / Sexism / Uncategorized

Pauline Hanson’s Politics Of Personal Dislikes

To dislike it not enough. The opinion of the leader must translate to policy a justifiable bind, especially when it touches those already disadvantaged.

4 Comments
August 17, 2026
The Unspoken Ledger: Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Manufactured Scarcity
Commonwealth Government / Government / Uncategorized

The Unspoken Ledger: Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Manufactured Scarcity

Federal and state budgets choose to neglect crucial supports for people in need in favour subsidies for fossil fuel corporations.

4 Comments
August 15, 2026
Children in the Square: Say no to Hanson and the grammar of denial
Education / Government / Primary/Secondary / Tertiary

Children in the Square: Say no to Hanson and the grammar of denial

Hanson's response to the youth protest against One Nation fails to address the substance of the concerns with which students take issue.

6 Comments
August 14, 2026
What the 2026 Census Chose Not to Ask
Commonwealth Government / Government

What the 2026 Census Chose Not to Ask

Assiduous avoidance of key societal issues in the 2026 Census demonstrates government priorities overlook several key societal issues.

6 Comments
August 13, 2026
Be Alert, Be Alarmed: How Justice Fails in the Australian Capital Territory
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Racism

Be Alert, Be Alarmed: How Justice Fails in the Australian Capital Territory

It took multiple people and agencies to ruin the lives of the former Commissioner for Revenue and his family and it can happen to you as well.

15 Comments
August 7, 2026
The Arithmetic of Broken Promises: Closing the Gap
Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Health / Justice / Mental Health

The Arithmetic of Broken Promises: Closing the Gap

Persistent poor results on Closing the Gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous reflect an ongoing lack of support by governments.

5 Comments
August 5, 2026
Common Beliefs: Two Decades Of Institutional Protection For A Racist Public Servant
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism

Common Beliefs: Two Decades Of Institutional Protection For A Racist Public Servant

Over twenty years of seemingly direct support for Angel Marina in the face of his racism leads to the conclusion that the ALP and AFP are both racist.

5 Comments
July 31, 2026
The Two-Way Street To Taormina: Hanson’s Campaign Against Women
Commonwealth Government / Government / Uncategorized

The Two-Way Street To Taormina: Hanson’s Campaign Against Women

Pauline Hanson's twp-way street comment only exposes her own hypocrisy.

5 Comments
July 30, 2026
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Publications

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  • RAMSI - the scion of the juggernaut of greed

    Solomon Star
    13 October 2011
  • AFP accused of fabricating evidence, yet again

    Solomon Star (Print only)
    4 October 2011
  • Moti affair

    Solomon Star
    14 September 2011
  • Moti affair

    Fiji Sun
    12 September 2011
  • Moti appeal exposes mixed loyalties and judicial corruption

    Solomon Star
    22 July 2011
  • Moti end game

    FijiSun
    22 July 2011
  • Letters to the editor: Article by Bakchos

    Solomon Star
    20 July 2011
  • Co-operate or else! AFP thuggery for a white Australia

    Solomon Star
    24 June 2011
  • The strange case of Bill Johnson, a study in neo-colonial hypocrisy

    Solomon Star
    17 June 2011
  • Neo-colonialism in the Torres Strait

    Solomon Star
    14 June 2011
  • Moti and other affairs

    Solomon Star
    9 June 2011
  • Comment: Excellent Read

    Fiji Sun
    7 June 2011

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Recent Comments

  1. Ramses on Regression

    It’s white men who are causing humanity to regress look around at the damage what men are doing to this…

  2. Ramses on Flags and Fury – When Ideals Fail to Align

    White men arrived in Africa with flags and guns and Bibles and death. They planted their flags in the ground…

  3. Ramses on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution

    A group of white men forming a lynching party, if only metaphorically, doesn’t surprise me at all.

  4. Ramses on Justice Within Injustice, Fifteen Years On

    White Christian male is incompatible with justice.

  5. Melissa on Flags and Fury – When Ideals Fail to Align

    A flag represents nothing more than a current leadership — an insensitive, inanimate object that will be replaced or re-framed…

  6. Aaron on Flags and Fury – When Ideals Fail to Align

    Flags cause more problems than they solve.

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