Respect

A hypocrite for a Prime Minister, a hypocrite for a Chief Minister

Each man reaches perfection by doing his own duty; he worships god – from whom all beings come, by whom this universe was stretched forth – by doing his appointed…

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November 13, 2012

ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Bill of Rights / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Government / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / Sexism

Ain’t I a woman?

If I could share a meal at a table with a small group of people from any time in history, Isabella Baumfree would be one of them. Perhaps, just perhaps,…

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October 26, 2012

Australian Federal Police / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / Respect / Shared humanity

The self and the selfish – Sydney’s homeless

Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff And brought him…

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October 19, 2012

Corruption / Democracy / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Justice / Law / Propaganda / Refugees / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity

Anna Elisabeth Schmieg and the narrative structures of society

How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another heart? How much can we hope to understand those who have suffered deeper anguish, greater deprivation, and…

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September 20, 2012

Accountability / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Equality of opportunity / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Propaganda / Racism / Respect / Shared humanity / White Australia

Too little, too late

… What folk is this, which seems by pain so vanquished?" And he to me: "This miserable mode Maintain the melancholy souls of those Who lived withouten infamy or praise.…

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August 28, 2012

Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Fred Martens / Government / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity

My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves

What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower?…

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August 16, 2012

ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Refugee Policy / Refugees / Respect / Shared humanity / Solomon Islands / Stolen Generation

Charity begins at home

Charity begins at home. Some agree, some do not. But the simple fact is that our treatment of those close to us sets the foundations for our behaviours toward others.…

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August 12, 2012

Accountability / ACT Government / Corruption / Government / Human Rights / Respect / Shared humanity

Peer Gynt, a lesson in humanity

Lies, I know, can be so furbished And disguised in gorgeous wrappings That their skinny carcasses Not a soul would recognize. That's what you've been doing now, With your wonderful…

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July 20, 2012

Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Culture / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Genocide / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Justice / Respect / Rule of Law

Dr Janice Harper: Just Us Justice

Dr. Janice Harper has graciously agreed to her paper being republished on Blak and Black, for which we are most grateful. This is the paper referred to in the post…

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July 12, 2012

Accountability / AHRC/HREOC / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Law / Law Enforcement / Police / Racial Discrimination Act / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / Sexism

Respect: more than just a word

Last week, I came across this post by Cate via a mutual friend. I asked if Blak and Black could republish it, to share it with a more diverse audience…

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June 9, 2012

Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Human Rights / Racism / Reconciliation / Respect / Shared humanity / Stolen Generation / White Australia

Standing Still

This post, originally posted by Cate Bolt on her blog An Ordinary Life, is reposted here with permission. Her open willingness to question the status quo and ask how best…

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June 6, 2012

Australian Federal Police / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Genocide / Human Rights / International Law / Law / Law Enforcement / Original Refugee to Australia / Refugee Policy / Refugees / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity

Concentric Circles of Death: refugees and a cynical and manipulative Australian polity

In the Twentieth Century of my trespass on earth, having exterminated one billion heathens, heretics, Jews, Moslems, witches, mystical seekers, black men, Asians, and Christian brothers, every one of them…

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June 4, 2012

Accountability / Australian Federal Police / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Equality / Globalisation / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Mining / Respect / Rule of Law

70 butchered Congolese: a small price to pay for our blood copper and silver!

It will be a marvellous thing – the true personality of man – when we see it. It will grow naturally and simply, flower-like, or as a tree grows. It…

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May 31, 2012

Accountability / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Justice / Law / Respect / Rule of Law / Sexism

National Sorry Day: Meaningless in the face of racism and sexism

Last week’s discussion of the Jinn combined with this week’s reading about Heraclitus to reinforce my opinion that the treatment of Ms. King and Lucinda McMillan at the hands of the…

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May 26, 2012

Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Human Rights / International Law / Julian Moti / Justice / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law

AFP racism sparks diplomatic row between Australia and Vanuatu

On 2nd May, 2012 the Vanuatu Daily Post reported that Private Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office Clarence Marae had been arrested at Sydney International Airport by the Australian Federal…

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May 10, 2012

Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Respect / Rule of Law

Anzac Day: Lest we forget

There is a battle going on in this country, one the majority would rather ignore. It is a battle for equality between anything to marks a person as not conforming…

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April 25, 2012

Culture / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Education / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Respect / Rule of Law / Tertiary

The Hunger Games, contemporary spin on ancient tale

My mind has been drawn to another of Rilke’s poems – Dreaming: This my labour: crowned by desire to wander the paths of days. Then sturdied, strong, send rootlet streamers…

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April 22, 2012

Culture / Human Rights / Mining / Respect / Shared humanity

The Yindjibarndi lose a guiding light

Blak and Black is saddened to hear of the passing of Yindjibarndi Elder Mr Ned Mayaringbungu Cheedy at the age of 105. Mr Cheedy was custodian of the Yindjibarndi stories…

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April 16, 2012

Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Fred Martens / Human Rights / Law / Law Enforcement / Respect / Rule of Law

Fred Martens a political pawn on the checked board of fate and corruption

"Upon my feeble knee, I beg this boon, with tears, not lightly shed" of my regular readers for my tardiness in posting over the last few weeks. I have been…

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April 13, 2012

Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Human Rights / Propaganda / Racism / Respect / Shared humanity

Media, racism and manipulation

Media have divided the working class and stereotyped young African-American males as gangsters or drug dealers. As a result of such treatment, the media have crushed youths' prospects for future…

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April 7, 2012

Respect

A hypocrite for a Prime Minister, a hypocrite for a Chief Minister

Ain’t I a woman?

The self and the selfish – Sydney’s homeless

Anna Elisabeth Schmieg and the narrative structures of society

Too little, too late

My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves

Charity begins at home

Peer Gynt, a lesson in humanity

Dr Janice Harper: Just Us Justice

Respect: more than just a word

Standing Still

Concentric Circles of Death: refugees and a cynical and manipulative Australian polity

70 butchered Congolese: a small price to pay for our blood copper and silver!

National Sorry Day: Meaningless in the face of racism and sexism

AFP racism sparks diplomatic row between Australia and Vanuatu

Anzac Day: Lest we forget

The Hunger Games, contemporary spin on ancient tale

The Yindjibarndi lose a guiding light

Fred Martens a political pawn on the checked board of fate and corruption

Media, racism and manipulation

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