Government

AFP corruption and their per diem

In the 1960s Donald Horne observed, "Australia is a lucky country, run by second-rate people who share its luck." This observation was followed in the 1990s by Paul Keating when…

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August 13, 2011

Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / RAMSI / Rule of Law

Disguised extradition, Bennett, Tollman and Moti

In 1896 J. B. Moore, with what turned out to be prophetic insight, drew attention to the possibility of the immigration laws of the United States being utilised for the…

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August 2, 2011

ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Culture / Democracy / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Education / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / India / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / Tertiary / White Australia

No amount of education will ever make us white

The following is a letter I received from a reader of Blak and Black and the Fiji Sun, talking about his experiences as a Pakistani/Australian living in Australia’s Capital, Canberra: Dear…

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July 31, 2011

ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Government / Hypocrisy / Law Enforcement / Pacific Neighbours / Rule of Law

Don’t play it again, Sam!

Ah, Sam, you have really got up my nose. And given that smell contributes roughly seventy percent to taste, I can only say you’ve put me off my food! How…

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July 29, 2011

Accountability / ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Law Enforcement / Pacific Neighbours / Rule of Law / White Australia

The politicisation of the AFP and ALP corruption

Racism, and in particular anti-black racism, is a part of our community’s psyche. A significant segment of our community holds overtly racist views. A much larger segment subconsciously operates on…

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July 27, 2011

Assimilation / Corporate profit / Corruption / Culture / Democracy / Environment / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Mining / Respect / Rule of Law / WA government

Native Title: An Australian White Wash

He is wizened. Lines mark a face that has felt the sun’s warming rays and burning beams, eyes see the land that holds his people’s Dreams, ears hear the stories…

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July 17, 2011

Accountability / ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Commonwealth Ombudsman / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Indonesia / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours

Gratuitous acts of racism in Australia’s capital, Canberra!

In fact, the worst offender of institutionalised discrimination and marginalisation of Aboriginal people is the government.—Neil Gillespie, head of the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc, South Australia ('Poor health, racism…

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July 6, 2011

ASIO / Australian Federal Police / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Law Enforcement / RAMSI / Rule of Law / White Australia

Co-operate or else, AFP thuggery in the pursuit of a white Australia

97 Quite rightly, the accused regarded ASIO and the AFP as arms of the state. He quite rightly assumed that they were acting together. The notion that he would be…

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June 21, 2011

ACT Government / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Government / Rule of Law

Public Servant: Defence to criminal conduct

In essence criminal law theory is based on the notion of personal responsibility; people are punished for their crimes because they could have chosen not to commit them. The choice…

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June 18, 2011

Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / Respect / Rule of Law

Has Australia lied to the UNHRC?

The same sentencing principles are to be applied, of course, in every case, irrespective of the identity of a particular offender or his membership of an ethnic or other group.…

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June 13, 2011

Arc of instability / Australian Defence Force / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Ombudsman / Corruption / Pacific Neighbours / Rule of Law

Another nail in the coffin of Australia’s democracy

"The pattern from the 1980s right through to Haneef is a culture of obsessive secrecy... where the AFP's major objective has been to look good whilst at the same time…

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June 3, 2011

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

Modern Racism by Paulo Flores

Bakchos has asked me to write a post for Blak and Black about what has come to be known in the United States as Modern Racism a concept which I…

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June 1, 2011

Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Bill of Rights / Democracy / Rule of Law

Corruption and Racism in the Australian Federal Police and the death of Australia’s democracy

21) After coffee was served Mr and Mrs King [i] and I were discussing Mrs (name removed on legal advice) dog Sooty and all of his aliments when a dark…

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May 24, 2011

ASIO / Australian Federal Police / Corruption

ASIO’s new power grab: be alert and alarmed!

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. George Orwell. Why have there been no terrorist…

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May 22, 2011

Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / PNG / Rule of Law

How about some honesty and transparency, please!

Chinese mafia groups have infiltrated and corrupted the highest levels of Papua New Guinea’s police force, crippling the struggling nation’s attempts to tackle its law-and-order crisis and posing a potential…

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May 19, 2011

Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Hypocrisy / Stanhope Government

Stanhope-less is gone, now it’s time for accountability and transparency

Well thank god for that! Like all good rats, the king of spin is the first to abandon the sinking ship of state the Australian Capital Territory. Yes, strictly speaking…

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May 10, 2011

ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination/Racism / Respect / Rule of Law

Australia the land of the fair go – now that’s bullshit unless you happen to be fair!

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment (ATSI) rates have soared by a whopping 52 per cent over the past decade. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’s now account for a quarter…

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May 5, 2011

Accountability / Australian Federal Police / Bill of Rights / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / Rule of Law

Ya reckon ya live in a democracy, do ya?

In 1991-1992 the Research School of Social Sciences at ANU conducted a national survey of 1522 Australians and asked them about their attitude to rights. The report Rights in Australia…

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May 3, 2011

Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Culture / Hypocrisy / Rule of Law

The annual yam festival and sex tourism

In the Trobriand Islands the annual yam festival is more than just ordinary. Nick burst out laughing when I told him I was heading for the Trobriand Islands. “I hope…

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April 28, 2011

AHRC/HREOC / Original Refugee to Australia / Refugee Policy / United Nations

I think white fella speaks with ill intent!

"Australians have a great sense of fairness and when you do things like that we say 'get on your bike, fella' and get back out again. Don't take advantage of…

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April 21, 2011

Government

AFP corruption and their per diem

Disguised extradition, Bennett, Tollman and Moti

No amount of education will ever make us white

Don’t play it again, Sam!

The politicisation of the AFP and ALP corruption

Native Title: An Australian White Wash

Gratuitous acts of racism in Australia’s capital, Canberra!

Co-operate or else, AFP thuggery in the pursuit of a white Australia

Public Servant: Defence to criminal conduct

Has Australia lied to the UNHRC?

Another nail in the coffin of Australia’s democracy

Modern Racism by Paulo Flores

Corruption and Racism in the Australian Federal Police and the death of Australia’s democracy

ASIO’s new power grab: be alert and alarmed!

How about some honesty and transparency, please!

Stanhope-less is gone, now it’s time for accountability and transparency

Australia the land of the fair go – now that’s bullshit unless you happen to be fair!

Ya reckon ya live in a democracy, do ya?

The annual yam festival and sex tourism

I think white fella speaks with ill intent!

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

Comment: Excellent Read