Serious questions are being asked about the Australian Federal Police and their fitness as the nation's law enforcement body.
For very many Aboriginal Australians the phrase 'Australian justice system' is an oxymoron. There are any number of reasons, many of which are justified, why we as Aboriginal Australians think…
My apologies for my tardiness in updating Blak and Black over the last week or so, I’ve been reviewing evidence with a former colleague and equally concerned citizen relating to…
CLA has made a scathing statement about the Australian Federal Police, highlighting their lack of accountability and disregard for ACT law.
The following post has been written by a colleague of mine from Papua New Guinea (PNG). I first met Pius in 1996 when I was working for the Papua New…
The request for assistance was then referred on to the [Australian] Federal Police but they said they didn't have the resources to respond. (Serco Regional Manager John Hayes) The above quote from Serco Manager…
Indigenous people are abused physically and psychologically, ignored by authorities who dispense "just-us" that underscores the rife racism.
An interesting comparison drawn from the Bolt judgement. Yesterday marked a line in the sand in Australian journalism. It’s just one line, but a significant one, with the finding of…
Ernst & Young's role in breaching the confidentiality of a former Indigenous employee at the behest of ACT Treasury must be scrutinised.
Little men with little minds and little imagination go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds. (Zig Ziglar) The following two comments…
The following article appeared in Friday’s Jakarta Post: Maj. Gen. Wisnu Bawatenaya has been appointed to become commander of the Indonesian Army Special Forces (Kopassus) replacing Maj. Gen. Lodewijk F…
The following is a modified version of an article which first appeared in the Fiji Sun on 12 September, 2011 and which Blak and Black has linked to since publishing…
Across the world the common factor in regional conflicts is inequality and no-one is immune to the consequences.
Callahan and colleagues (2002)[i] suggested that organizations must focus on three trust-building tactics – accountability, reliance, and aspiration – to cultivate helpful internal whistleblowing procedures. These principles provide people and…
It was pointed out to me last night that I had missed Mr Gary Lee-Rogers from my list of serving AFP/APS officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for insisting…
It's time for a royal commission into the Australian Federal Police.
I’m writing this post in response to some comments that have been left on Blak and Black over the last week or so. The comments are interesting from a number…
Since 9/11, civil liberties in Australia have been under threat via exclusionary legal instruments and the erosion of accepted rights by the Howard Government.
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…
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…