Dare to Know: The Ring, the Fight and the Long Work of Education
A talisman and motto - dare to know, then begin!
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November 7, 2026
Telling Stories
Explaining Indigenous incarcertain in Australia can be viewed through many narratives, each with its own truth that demands an individual response.
November 5, 2026
Marathon, Not Hastings: The Inheritance a Bigot Never Read
Some argue that Australia is built upon British culture, but what are the origins of that culture? The answer may surprise.
October 24, 2026
Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Human Rights / Law / Racial Discrimination Act / Racism / Rule of Law
Hanson: The Dare and the Record
Pauline Hanson's defintion of racism ignores both the Racial Discrimination Act and the intimation of racial superiority in her own statements.
October 22, 2026
What We Said Over Breakfast: Helen Haines and Division
Helen Haines tragedy highlights a deteriorating social climate around politicians and media, generating division in the community.
October 21, 2026
The Myth of Terra Nullius
Biyaami's law does not wait for a judge ... Wiradjuri country was never terra nullius.
October 20, 2026
The Mullins Minute: ACT Treasury Knew the Truth in 2001
Records demonstrate that ACT Treasury were advised of Mullins qualifications in 2001, reiterated eight months later in Marina's racist letter of 9 May 2002.
October 17, 2026
Everyone’s Business: Human rights
Human-rights is everyone's business and even the most marginalised can speak up for others who are similarly abused.
October 16, 2026
Fifty-Six Years: The Overlooked Legacy of Immigration
"Sit down boys!" "But Sir, the Westgate Bridge has fallen down!"So said one of my brothers, from his first floor classroom. Another, both arms in plaster and concussed from a…
October 15, 2026
The Same River Twice: Heraclitus and Hanson
Pauline Hanson would have Australian's believe that they can return to a White Australia. nothing could be further from the truth.
October 13, 2026
NAZA – Documetary Review
The feet are small. I don't know how many, perhaps 15, 20 sandwiched between slabs of concrete. They are NAZA. A husband is calling for his wife, "My love", for…
October 12, 2026
Tied to the Fence: Terra Nullius, Mixed Ancestry and Silence
The racist contempt some people direct at Indigenous people has its origins in the legal fiction of terra nullius.
October 11, 2026
Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Law / Rule of Law
Why Pham’s Decisions Matter: Conflict of Interest in the Public Service
Pham's actions in the dismissal of the only Indigenous employee at the time raise questions of impartiality and conflict of interest.
October 9, 2026
Marina and ACT Treasury: Documents from 2002 to 2005
A series of documents between 2002 and 2005 set out a continued pattern of racism by Angel Marina which the ACT Public Service swept under the carpet.
October 2, 2026
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Law / Racism
Tu Pham and the Question She Could Not Answer
Accusations laid at the feet of former Acting Chief Executive Tu Pham went unanswered, but one question has a very clear answer.
October 1, 2026
Tu Pham’s Prestidigitation, Self-Interest and Racism
The former Auditor-General of the ACT, Tu Pham acted to protect herself from accountability over her racism against an Indigenous employee.
September 30, 2026
Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Ombudsman / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Law Enforcement
Australian Federal Police: Sixteen Years of the Same Question
The annual report by the Commonwealth Ombudsman into the AFP underscores its recalcitrance in developing transparency in complaints management.
September 28, 2026
Division and the Deaf
The 75th anniversary of the World Federation of the Deaf reminds us that whilst hearing impairment can result in discrimination, not all consider it a disability.
September 24, 2026
ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination/Racism / Former Commissioner / Government / Law / Racism / Rule of Law
Court Of Public Record: What 103,000 Readers Heard
Burgeoning interest in the role of the ACT DPP in the racial vilification of an Indigenous man demands that the records be reviewed and accountability be apportioned.
September 21, 2026
Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Racism
Pauline Hanson Doesn’t Need to Be a Race Scientist
Hanson trades on emotion, stoking rage among voters over discredited hypotheses about race and intelligence.
September 19, 2026