Blind to the Rot: A Lament for Canberra
Labor’s betrayal paints black the sky.
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August 27, 2025
Australia’s Political Uniparty: Donor Influence and the Threat to Democracy and Economy
The ALP and LNP have become a uniparty motivated by life-long political careers and elite donors that erode democratic ideals.
April 22, 2025
The Gender Gap: Albanese’s Challenges among Male Voters
Albanese's government faces challenges connecting with young male voters that threaten his re-election prospects.
January 23, 2025
Turncoat Tony the Public Housing Neoliberal
Turning away from those in need, A neo-liberal dream more enticing, it seems.
November 23, 2024
The ACT Greens in Coalition with Labor
The Greens have won a greater proportion of the seat in the ACT than any other state or territory but do they lack the spine to hold ACT Labor to account?
September 19, 2024
Inattention and distraction
ACT Labor: Asleep at the wheel for twenty years
Has ACT Labor been proactive as the Territory's leaders for the past twenty years?
September 18, 2024
Corruption
Corruption in the ACT Government
ACT Labor has held government since 2001, with concerns increasing that the lack of integrity and accountability in the ACT Public Service has been fostered by political leaders.
September 16, 2024
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Labor Party / Bill of Rights / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Diversity / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Human Rights / Justice / Racism / Stanhope Government
The Legacy of ACT Labor, 20 years of lazy government
Suppression of two public interest disclosures pointing money siphoned out of government coffers hallows corruption to go on unchecked in the Australian Capital Territory.
September 26, 2020
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Labor Party / Bill of Rights / Corruption / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Human Rights / Justice / Racial Discrimination Act / Racism / Stanhope Government / Uncategorized
The ACT Barr Government, ducking the hard calls for another term
Why was Mullins fitted-up for seeking a missing public interest disclosure and why does the Barr Government not ensure transparency?
September 19, 2020
Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Commonwealth Government / Government / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law / Terrorism
Pourquoi les coiffeurs or Wingnut v The Ranger
We all want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for…
February 1, 2013
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Former Commissioner / Fred Martens / Government / Human Rights / Julian Moti / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law
The rule of law and the democratic process
“No-one ever argues that governments should have less integrity, that elected officials should not be accountable, or that public servants should behave unethically. Broad statements of the value of integrity,…
December 10, 2012
Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Corruption / Counter-terrorism laws / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Domestic Law / Former Commissioner / Fred Martens / Julian Moti / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Police / Rule of Law
Nemo Nisi Nomen
In Australia, I am nothing but a name, or nemo nisi nomen, is a term that can now be applied to our so-called liberties.
November 29, 2012
Accountability / Australian Labor Party / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / International Law / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / United Nations
Sir Gawain, moral accountability and the UN Security Council
Make we mery quyl we may, and mynne upon joye, For the lur may mon lach when-so mon lykes Make we merry while we may, and think about joy, For…
September 27, 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?…
August 16, 2012
ACT Government / AHRC/HREOC / Assimilation / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Commonwealth Government / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Government / Government welfare / Human Rights / Law / Law Enforcement / Police / Rule of Law / Sexism
Forty years on, Indigenous women still without rights
It was freezing last night where I slept in my travels, below freezing in fact. In Bangerang country, home of the Yorta Yorta people, Mother Nature may have frozen the…
July 7, 2012
ACT Government / Australian Labor Party / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Government / Law / Rule of Law
You’re not an Aboriginal Organisation: the ACT Government’s take on NAIDOC week
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs attack on Billabong Aboriginal Corporation underscores continuing racism within the ACT Government.
July 4, 2012
ASIO / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Counter-terrorism laws / Democracy / Government / Human Rights / Law / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law
“Friends” the new tovarisch in Julia Gillard speak
You cannot believe how much you have to deceive a nation in order to govern it Adolf Hitler – Mein Kampf Has anybody else noticed how frequently Prime Minister Julia…
May 22, 2012
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Corporate profit / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / International Law / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law
Mob rule and the ‘gentle’ nations of the West
You can talk a mob into anything; its feelings may be – usually are – on the whole generous and right; but it has no foundation for them; you may…
March 28, 2012
Accountability / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism / RAMSI / Rule of Law / West Papua
Vice-regal corruption: Australia and the UNSC
The Samoan Government has announced that Australian Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, will visit the country next week as part of a Pacific tour that also includes Nauru, Kiribati, Tuvalu, the Solomon…
March 21, 2012
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism / Rule of Law
Theft and racism, the festering sores in Canberra
For some years now I have been considering the concept of complicity. What constitutes complicity, how far does it extend, where does responsibility for wrongdoing cease? You can all blame…
March 7, 2012