Milosevic and Israel: Comparison of International Responses
International government response to the war in Yugoslav versus that in Gaza highlights the poor support given to the isolated and weak.
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August 29, 2026
Where Have All The Palestinians Gone – And What Would Bring Them Back?
Conscience demands that we acknowledge the decimation in Palestine, from lives to villages, straining justice.
August 28, 2026
Why I’ll Never Vote for the Australian Labor Party – The Lie One Nation Has Never Told
For all the talk over the past three decades in favour of Indigenous rights and Closing the Gap, the actions of the ALP have borne out its true contempt for First Nations People.
July 27, 2026
Gillham v MSO: A Precedent To Follow
Jayson Gillham's unsuccessful litigation against the MSO raises a number of concerns about the consequences for subsequent claims, in particular for contractors.
July 13, 2026
Conscience
Truth misunderstood, dangerous in its honour, stares back at us disappointed and betrayed ...
July 4, 2026
The Sanctioning of a Lawyer: Francesca Albanese and the Hierarchy of Human Rights
Francesca Albanese's book, When the world Sleeps, highlights the asymmetry in international human rights.
June 21, 2026
The Woman Who Spoke Truth To Impunity: Francesca Albanese, The United Nations, And The Price Of Conscience
I. A Room Without Empathy On 30 October 2024, Francesca Albanese – UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories – stood before the General Assembly and said what those…
May 31, 2026
The Unbreakable Spirit: Bobby Sands, Resistance and Colonial Injustice
The desire for freedom is common to all people, a matter that will drive resistance against an oppressor.
May 9, 2026
Accountability / Australian Defence Force / Domestic Law / International Law / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law
Roberts-Smith and Australians Serving in the IDF in Gaza
Equal treatment under the law requires that no-one be exempt from the accountability, including those serving in the Israeli military.
April 9, 2026
The Machine That Never Stops: War, Capital and the Unending Carnage of Modern Conflict
Rather than an ideological difference of opinion, war is machine, an indictment of man's lack of insight and humanity.
March 26, 2026
The Struggle for Palestinian Human Rights in an Era of Eroding International Justice
The imposition of sanctions on Palestine is inconsistent with those faced by other states, disrupting international norms crucial to upholding international human rights.
March 11, 2026
No Less Than Life
Every life is of equal value – a truth without borders, without exceptions.
February 12, 2026
Bulla, Queensland, 1861 by William Oswald Hodgkinson
Terrorism in Australia: The Racial and Cultural Limits of Response
Responses to suspected and actual terrorist acts vary widely in Australia, demonstrating the ongoing structural racism within our society.
February 11, 2026
Isaac Herzog in Australia: Failed Diplomacy while Gaza is Destroyed
States must align their diplomatic practice with the principles they profess, including refusing gestures of friendship to those responsible for mass suffering.
February 10, 2026
A Prayer for What Remains
Here – is a city shaped by the weight of its own name: Gaza – guttural, grave, where thunder is man-made, and the lullabies are gravelled with shrapnel.Children walk barefoot…
February 6, 2026
The Arabian Nights: A Journey Through Fantasy, Inhumanity and Hope
In the tales of the Arabian, Nights, Scheherazade paints the complexities of life and posits ethical solutions to the contemporary issues.
December 29, 2025
Genocide in Gaza? Policy and the Legacy of Zionist Settler Colonialism
Avi Shlaim views Israel's Gaza policies as settler-colonialism leading to ethnic cleansing & genocide, rooted in Zionism's history of displacement.
December 11, 2025
Echoes of Erasure: Wired for Hatred – From Tulsa to Gaza and Myanmar
From Tulsa's 1921 massacre to Gaza's siege & Rohingya exile in Myanmar's purges, regimes fuse nationalism & faith to mask atrocities, suppress justice.
November 27, 2025
Ágnes Heller: Shame and the Moral Compass
Shame is not a primal instinct, but a conditioned response, one based on the values we develop as we mature.
October 8, 2025
Echoes in the Ashes: A Dialogue Without Borders
Upon the bruised and trembling earth we stand, Echoes of Eden flicker through the dark; A voice begins – Is the architect’s hand In every fire, every broken spark?From Gaza’s…
September 25, 2025