Eroding Trust: ACT Policing and the Use of Force in the National Capital
ACT Policing's lack of transparency into officers' misconduct diminishes public trust.
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August 23, 2026
Ridge and Fire: “The Aboriginal Mother” and Colonial Australia
Documenting a horrific slaughter of Indigenous people, Dunlop's poem names murder and appeals to the God of the coloniser for justice.
August 22, 2026
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner
Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution
How a failed accountant, a compliant university registrar and a police force with a race problem manufactured a case against an Indigenous public servant.
August 19, 2026
Commonwealth Government / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Government / Racism / Sexism / Uncategorized
Pauline Hanson’s Politics Of Personal Dislikes
To dislike it not enough. The opinion of the leader must translate to policy a justifiable bind, especially when it touches those already disadvantaged.
August 17, 2026
The Mirror and the Muzzle: Indigenous Truth and the Australian Press
Australian newsrooms haven’t reflected the country they report on in years. New audit data, Closing the Gap figures and justice reinvestment evidence show why.
August 12, 2026
Ten Hanson Comments on Indigenous Australians and their Substance
An examination of the veracity of several of Pauline Hanson's key statements about Indigenous people.
August 10, 2026
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Racism
Be Alert, Be Alarmed: How Justice Fails in the Australian Capital Territory
It took multiple people and agencies to ruin the lives of the former Commissioner for Revenue and his family and it can happen to you as well.
August 7, 2026
Pig Feast: West Papua, Indonesia and Colonialism in Our Time
Censorship in the absence of government direction, even denial, underpins the continued destruction of culture and transparency.
August 6, 2026
Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Health / Justice / Mental Health
The Arithmetic of Broken Promises: Closing the Gap
Persistent poor results on Closing the Gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous reflect an ongoing lack of support by governments.
August 5, 2026
The Man From Nowhere: A Madeleine at Thirty Thousand Feet
A bottle of red, a madeleine biscuit ... the mundane things that trigger involuntary memory.
August 2, 2026
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Government / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism
Common Beliefs: Two Decades Of Institutional Protection For A Racist Public Servant
Over twenty years of seemingly direct support for Angel Marina in the face of his racism leads to the conclusion that the ALP and AFP are both racist.
July 31, 2026
Art / Australian Aborigines / Culture / First Nations/Indigenous / Human Rights / Mining / Uncategorized
The Enduring Legacy Of Murujuga: The International Significance Of The Mardathoonera Rock Art
Enforceable protections for the ancient rock art at Murujuga from the North West Shelf gas industry are critical to ensuring that it survives another fifty-thousand years.
July 12, 2026
Charles Perkins and the Unfinished Freedom Ride: A NAIDOC Week Reflection
Perkins broke through racial barriers not to be a first, but to move the dial of disadvantage suffered by Indigenous people so that they are counted as equal.
July 10, 2026
Fifty Years Still Owed: When the Anniversary Songs Stop
Fifty years of achievement must be viewed through the lens of what those who came before us were working toward and what still remains to be achieved.
July 8, 2026
Fifty Years of Deadly: What half a century of NAIDOC has actually built
A review of the achievements of Indigenous people over the past 50 years in Australia.
July 7, 2026
The Whinger’s Litany
You disagree? You must be red.A commie, comrade – latte-fed,except it’s flat white, thanks a lot;don’t let a coffee spoil the plot."Marxist!" spat like it’s a curse,from a man who’s…
July 5, 2026
Barnaby Joyce, One Nation and the Politics of Defection
The defection of Barnaby Joyce should be viewed not so much as a matter of principle as one of strategic ambition.
July 2, 2026
The Weight of the Hill: Indigenous Australian Experience Since Colonisation
The professor names the oppressors with taxonomic precision – and is correct about all of them. He cannot, however, imagine that Aboriginal people laugh.
June 29, 2026
Impossible Monoculture: Diversity, Pluralism and the Australia That Actually Exists
I. Two Arguments That Must Not Be Confused The case against monoculturalism in Australia rests on two distinct foundations that are often conflated, and the conflation weakens both. The first…
June 25, 2026