Milman Parry: Application of his Oral-Formulaic Theory to Indigenous Australian Traditions
Oral transmission of knowledge via poetry preserves history and culture through across generations with accuracy.
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August 1, 2025
ACT Government / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Domestic Law / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Justice / Rule of Law
Whistleblowers: Critical Examination of High-Profile Cases and Systemic Failures
Protections of in whistleblower legislation fail to protect both the person making the disclosure and victims of malicious attack via fraud.
July 31, 2025
Welcome to Country: Cultural Significance, Spirituality, and Contemporary Misrepresentations in Australia
Welcome to Country is an invitation to engage with Indigenous people and connect through inclusion.
July 29, 2025
Echoes of Country: A Welcome
A welcome that echoes, unbroken, across sandplain and billabong.
July 29, 2025
Anzac Parade: It’s Memory
Long before the marchers with slouch hats Gadigal feet pressed these grains.
July 24, 2025
Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Racism / Xenophobia
Critical Examination of Jillian Segal’s Antisemitism Recommendations
Addressing antisemitism would be most effectively addressed by leveraging existing laws so as to avoid alienation of other groups.
July 23, 2025
We Carry the Dreaming
We dance the poem back into the living earth, country alive in us again.
July 17, 2025
Accountability / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Domestic Law / First Nations/Indigenous
Innocent People Pleading Guilty: Imbalance in the Just-us System
Finances, emotions and lack of accountability by police all serve to drive some innocent people to plead guilty to ease pressures.
July 14, 2025
Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Ombudsman / Discrimination/Racism / Former Commissioner / Racism
Ombudsman Reports on Poor Complaints Management by the AFP
Complaints management by the Australian Federal Police is a farce, according to the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
July 13, 2025
The Complex Landscape of Antisemitism and Multiculturalism in Australia
The very arguments posed against the Voice to Parliament demonstrate the hypocrisy of those advocating for antisemitism laws.
July 12, 2025
Crucified on the Christian Road
They came with sails of certainty, Salt winds singing of elsewhere gods, Boots heavy on dreaming lands. A cross in hand—a spear of wood – Beneath its shadow, stories dimmed…
July 11, 2025
Accountability / Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Law Enforcement / Police / Racism
Systemic Racism, Police Violence and Indigenous Representation in Australia
Aboriginal people are disproportionately targeted by police, with few being brought to justice.
July 11, 2025
Billy and the Epic Escape: Cultural Misrepresentation and Literary Power
Literature must empower Indigenous people by allowing them to tel their own stories, rather than reinforcing marginalisation.
July 10, 2025
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Law Enforcement / Racism
Indigenous Incarceration in the ACT: Systemic Bias and Just-us
Over-representation of Indigenous people in the ACT's criminal justice system is indicative of systemic bias in the AFP and lack of accountability.
July 9, 2025