In Praise of Nostos
In my travels over the last week drumming up support for a Royal Commission into the Australian Federal Police I found myself in the pub at Bribbaree. While sitting barracking…
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October 5, 2011
Accountability / ACT Government / Bill of Rights / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Ernst & Young / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Stanhope Government / Stolen Generation
Aborigines are without any legal protections in Australia
One of my pet issues on Blak and Black is what befell the former Commissioner for ACT Revenue (“the Commissioner”), a Wiradjuri and member of the Stolen Generation(s), which made…
October 1, 2011
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Complicity, obligation and mutual respect
When we look at a map of the world’s major trouble spots we see or at least I see, a white footprint superimposed over each and every one of these…
September 27, 2011
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Ernst & Young: A vehicle for hiding corruption in Canberra
There is no question about racism being a profound form of ignorance, but when it becomes something that informs employment decisions by one of the world’s biggest accounting firms, Ernst…
September 26, 2011
Just because it’s not in a book doesn’t mean it’s not history!
I have decided to digress from the main theme of Blak and Black for this post and have a quick look at the role of Aboriginal song and dance cycles…
September 20, 2011
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Has the Pacific Islands Forum (“PIF”) become a tool for white neo-colonial interests?
The progress of human society, has in different ages, presented abundance of horrors and abundance of vices, which in treating history properly, we are obliged to pass over gently, and…
September 19, 2011
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Fear and Trembling – Australia’s gutless approach to the genocide in Papua
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…
September 13, 2011
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The wisdom of Miles Jordana: Hidden in plain sight
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…
September 12, 2011
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Beware the tolling bell
“Nunc Lento Sonitu Dicunt, Morieris” (Now this bell, tolling softly for another, says to me, Thou must die.) I have long loved John Donne’s Meditation XVII; it remains pause for…
September 10, 2011
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The death of Gary Lee-Rogers – the AFP and whistleblowers’
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…
September 2, 2011
Sapere Aude
As an escape, a folly if you will, from the miasmas of corruption, injustice and hypocrisy, I have penned the outline for a movie or story about the death of…
September 1, 2011
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A call for a Royal Commission into the AFP
“A State cannot claim to be operating under the rule of law unless laws are administered fairly, rationally, predictably, consistently and impartially.” (Chief Justice Spigelman, as he then was, in…
August 31, 2011
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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…
August 13, 2011
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YINDJIBARNDI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION and ‘SOLOMON HUB’
Following is a press release issued by the YIndjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation on 4 August, 2011. Under the heading: THE FACTS ABOUT FMG’s PROPOSED ‘SOLOMON HUB’ IN YINDJIBARNDI COUNTRY. I have…
August 9, 2011
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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…
July 31, 2011
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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…
July 17, 2011
Bruce and Bruce split the house
All in all I have to say that this has been a good week for me on the information gathering circuit. On Monday I came into possession of the Skunky…
July 14, 2011
Australian Federal Police / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Genocide by stealth / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law
Genocide: the word behind law enforcement in Australia
The following is an abridged version of one of the victim statements I have been collecting in support of an application to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, alleging human…
July 10, 2011
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It’s time: for honesty and fairness when reporting on Aboriginal Australia
Let’s not put too fine a point on it. Without question, Aboriginal Australia is afflicted with enormous problems, not least of which are law and order and health issues. Add…
July 9, 2011
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A rose by any other name: Invasion
Earlier this week Sydney City Council voted to include the term ‘invasion’ in the Preamble to the city’s vision for 2030. It’s even made news in India. It’s caused a…
July 2, 2011