Sixty Years On: Aberfan and the Cost of Not Listening
Sixty years on, the ineptitude that resulted in the Aberfan disaster remains at the heart of government and corporate culture.
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October 23, 2026
What We Said Over Breakfast: Helen Haines and Division
Helen Haines tragedy highlights a deteriorating social climate around politicians and media, generating division in the community.
October 21, 2026
Hanson, Wannabe Prime Minister of a Country Already Changed
A country's leader must be able to pull together the threads that define it; anything less will break it, a fact Hanson fails to understand.
October 19, 2026
The Mullins Minute: ACT Treasury Knew the Truth in 2001
Records demonstrate that ACT Treasury were advised of Mullins qualifications in 2001, reiterated eight months later in Marina's racist letter of 9 May 2002.
October 17, 2026
Accountability / Commonwealth Government / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Equality / Government
The Reserve Bank, Unemployment and the Interest Rate
The Reserve Bank's increase in the cash rate hurts those with lower incomes who are the most likely to lose work, ignoring corporate profits and executive salaries.
October 14, 2026
Marina and ACT Treasury: Documents from 2002 to 2005
A series of documents between 2002 and 2005 set out a continued pattern of racism by Angel Marina which the ACT Public Service swept under the carpet.
October 2, 2026
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Law / Racism
Tu Pham and the Question She Could Not Answer
Accusations laid at the feet of former Acting Chief Executive Tu Pham went unanswered, but one question has a very clear answer.
October 1, 2026
Tu Pham’s Prestidigitation, Self-Interest and Racism
The former Auditor-General of the ACT, Tu Pham acted to protect herself from accountability over her racism against an Indigenous employee.
September 30, 2026
Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Ombudsman / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Law Enforcement
Australian Federal Police: Sixteen Years of the Same Question
The annual report by the Commonwealth Ombudsman into the AFP underscores its recalcitrance in developing transparency in complaints management.
September 28, 2026
One Nation, 1998 And Now
Hanson's One Nation has surged in success, but historically it has lacked resilience over the long-term to hold onto candidates and seats.
September 26, 2026
Pauline Hanson Gilds the Lily
Hanson has a penchant for exaggeration and soft facts that fail to stand up to scrutiny. Her political attacks lack evidence to support her views.
September 25, 2026
Devil In The Detail: Religious Child Abuse in Japan
Japan banned telling children they'll go to hell. Its guidance still can't separate coercion from catechesis.
September 23, 2026
The Wrong Language for the Bid: Australia and the UNSC
Australia's pitch for a seat on the UNSC is off-key, drawing attention the matters upon which the United Nations has already drawn negative findings.
September 22, 2026
ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination/Racism / Former Commissioner / Government / Law / Racism / Rule of Law
Court Of Public Record: What 103,000 Readers Heard
Burgeoning interest in the role of the ACT DPP in the racial vilification of an Indigenous man demands that the records be reviewed and accountability be apportioned.
September 21, 2026
Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Racism
Pauline Hanson Doesn’t Need to Be a Race Scientist
Hanson trades on emotion, stoking rage among voters over discredited hypotheses about race and intelligence.
September 19, 2026
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government / Law / Racism
Words That Arm: Why Pauline Hanson’s Racism Matters
Failure to address racist comments made by Pauline Hanson embolden other white supremacists, resulting in real harms.
September 16, 2026
The Hanson Paradox: Popularity Despite the Racism
Hanson and One Nation's seemingly rampant popularity is a symptom of an electorate jaded by the poor performance of past and incumbent governments.
September 15, 2026
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.
September 14, 2026
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…
September 13, 2026
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.
September 10, 2026