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…
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September 1, 2011
Accountability / ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Fred Martens / Government / Human Rights / Indonesia / Julian Moti / Law Enforcement / Racism / Refugees / SIEV X / Solomon Islands / West Papua
A call for a Royal Commission into the AFP
It's time for a royal commission into the Australian Federal Police.
August 31, 2011
Accountability / ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Australian Defence Force / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Democracy / Government / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / PNG / RAMSI / Respect / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands / Stanhope 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…
August 13, 2011
Art / Bill of Rights / Corporate profit / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / Equality / Equality of opportunity / First Nations/Indigenous / Genocide / Human Rights / Neo-Colonialism / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity
YINDJIBARNDI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION and ‘SOLOMON HUB’
A press release from the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation regarding Fortescue's Solomon Hub mining proposal.
August 9, 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…
July 31, 2011
Yindjibarndi Native Title map
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
Native Title will mean nothing if the Fortescue Metals Group Solomon Hub mining project proceeds.
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
Excerpt of a statement from an Indigenous woman alleging human rights abuse by the Australian Government and its agencies.
July 10, 2011
Corruption / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / Globalisation / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Mining / Respect
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
Assimilation / Corruption / Culture / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Neo-Colonialism / Propaganda / Rule of Law / White Australia
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
Asia-Pacific / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Human Rights / PNG / Shared humanity
White Australian ‘just-us’ and the indigenous people of the Pacific
“Rio Tinto played an active role in military operations that ultimately led to a civil war in which 15,000 people died. Because of Rio Tinto’s financial influence in Papua New…
June 30, 2011
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.…
June 13, 2011
It’s time for a Royal Commission into the Australian Federal Police
“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…
June 5, 2011
Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity
Are we not members of the animal kingdom too?
‘ Will there be sugar after the Rebellion?’ ‘No,’ said Snowball firmly. ‘We have no means of making sugar on this farm. Besides, you do not need sugar. You will…
June 3, 2011
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…
June 1, 2011
Reconciliation week: a joke played by ‘white’ Australians on Indigenous Australians and the international community!
Racial discrimination against Indigenous Australians is as alive and well in Australia today as it ever was. In fact, under the lost years of opportunity known to history as the…
May 29, 2011
Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Refugees / Rule of Law / United Nations
Racism, a matter of political expediency in Australia!
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay today rebuked Australia for its political, rather than human rights based approach to indigenous people and asylum-seekers. Although criticizing some of Australia's…
May 26, 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
Racism and corruption, the explanation for the origin of this blog.
May 24, 2011
Derision, lies and the death of OUR DEMOCRACY
I lived in Australia for a year and was astounded at the level of casual racism in all walks of Australian life. The term 'wog' is used by many people…
May 15, 2011
The beginnings of our abuse as a people in the name of white fella’s ‘justice’
The origin of racial discrimination in Australia lies in the prosecution of Mow-watty, about whom several assumptions denied him justice.
May 9, 2011