Australian Values: Politics, Immigrants and Pauline Hanson
In the matter of the nation, there are immigrants who embody our values and there is Hanson who divides.
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August 24, 2026
Street Art: A Gift from Gina by Scott Marsh
Paint, Power and the Public Wall: Street art as political speech
Street art documents and comments on social issues, often disappearing in an act of silence emblematic of the message in the art itself.
August 21, 2026
Poetry as a Form of Resistance: Voice, Witness, and the Defiance of Oppression
Poetry is the art of remaining human, a happening, an act of resistance that even when the pages that held it are burned, lives on.
August 20, 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 Unspoken Ledger: Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Manufactured Scarcity
Federal and state budgets choose to neglect crucial supports for people in need in favour subsidies for fossil fuel corporations.
August 15, 2026
Children in the Square: Say no to Hanson and the grammar of denial
Hanson's response to the youth protest against One Nation fails to address the substance of the concerns with which students take issue.
August 14, 2026
The Scare Politics of Islam: Distraction, Fear and the Contested Terrain of Identity
Fear of Islam has been weaponised for votes - and Islamist violence is real. An evidence-based look at where distraction ends and threat begins.
August 11, 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
Who She Has Always Been: Pauline Hanson and the Politics of Self
Pauline Hanson has not changed. She is the same as she has always been.
July 25, 2026
Integrity Under Scrutiny: Paul Brereton, the NACC and One Nation
One Nation's rise in the shadow of misconduct by former NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton reflects cynicism toward integrity in government.
July 21, 2026
The Mirage In The Distance: The Right’s Invented Golden Age
Culture is constantly evolving, each generation inheriting portions and adding to it,, such that no one group can place a claim on it.
July 16, 2026
Deterrence versus Economic Exposure in the AUKUS Alliance
Australia is carrying the majority of the risks of the AUKUS agreement with few of the benefits guaranteed.
July 9, 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 Mirror We Refuse To Hold: Australian Culture and Male Violence
What will it take for Australia's leaders to address the never-ending spate of abuses perpetuated against women?
June 30, 2026
The Politics of Division: Hanson, Australia and Its Thirty-Year Unresolved Argument
Australia needs to discuss what immigration looks like, from origins to infrastructure, community cohesion to differing norms.
June 26, 2026
The Erosion of Trust: Hanson, Robodebt and the Fragmenting Political Landscape
The lack of accountability by Ministers, underpinned by ineffective inquiries and commissions has set the foundation for the erosion of trust in government.
June 19, 2026
Hanson at the National Press Club: The Necromancy of Fear
Hanson’s 2026 address highlights three decades of bipartisan policy failure and offers a sense of belonging - provided you are not Indigenous or an immigrant.
June 18, 2026