Red Herring: Hanson, Corporate Capture and the Limits of Performed Insurgency
Pauline Hanson's track record is clear that she more concerned with performance that addressing the structural inequalities between people.
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June 4, 2026
The Reckoning of the Electorates: How Australia’s Two-Party System Is Fracturing Under the Weight of Broken Promises
The lack of substance and commitment to ethical and transparent decision-making in politics is feeding an electoral malaise that to which the major parties appear deaf.
June 1, 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
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
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
From the Delian League to the Indo-Pacific: The AUKUS Dilemma
The durability of an international alliances is tested by hegemonic imbalance, a risk in the AUKUS Alliance.
May 19, 2026
One Nation, the Farrer By-Election and the Sickness of Western Democracy
Farrer has become the canary in the electoral mine, highlighting that voters in regional areas have had enough of being ignored.
May 12, 2026
The Land of the Fair Go (A Lament)
That is the wound that does not close — to love a place that is choosing, deliberately, with its eyes open, to be less than it was, less than it could be ...
May 11, 2026
ACT Government / Bill of Rights / Corruption / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Rule of Law
Exercising Justice: A Review of the Transgressions of Notable Legal Practitioners
Justice requires that legal practitioners be held to the same standards as the rest of the community, but not all jurisdictions accept that fact.
May 10, 2026
After Bondi – Terror, Antisemitism, and the Architecture of Safety
A Critical Essay on the Interim Report of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
May 2, 2026
The Populist
She storms through rallies like a queen of the lost,and something in the crowd completes the circuit – not stupidity, not theatre, but a costlong owed, long felt, finally given…
April 27, 2026
The Devil’s Fiddle: On the Transaction at the Heart of Democratic Politics
Democracy is revised and delivered anew at election, it's form dependent upon the critical evaluation of the voter of the offers and past performance.
April 24, 2026
Swords into Ploughshares: Why Australia Must Choose People Over Submarines
The AUKUS agreement places the symbol of power above the more immediate needs of Australian's wellbeing.
April 20, 2026
ACT Government / Discrimination/Racism / Former Commissioner / Government / International Law / Rule of Law
State Power, Intersectional Identity and the Lie of Equality Before the Law
Assuring equality under the law requires the persistent effort of people and institutions to deliver on the promise, a matter at which Australia is failing.
April 19, 2026
The State as Threat: The NSW Court of Appeal versus Emergency Power
The NSW Court of Appeal struck down Minns’ emergency protest ban as unconstitutional.
April 17, 2026
The Weakest Link: Forged in the same furnace as the strong
The outcome of the Hungarian election demonstrates a curious test of character and the strength of the Hungarian political system.
April 14, 2026
Colonialism, Technology and the Evolution of Neo-colonialism
Decolonisation is an incomplete project, one that is persistently challenged by the technological advances that replace old commodities.
April 13, 2026
Beacon: Pope Leo XIV, the Prophetic Voice in the Dark
Far from buckling to threats by the United States, Pope Leo XIV's response has made clear that the papacy will not be bullied into compliance.
April 10, 2026