Alternative Facts: The Fabric and the Fiction
Acceptance of "alternative facts" without challenge weakens the democratic foundations that promote accountability and social cohesion.
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September 27, 2026
One Nation, 1998 And Now
Hanson's One Nation has surged in success, but historically it has lacked resilience over the long-term to hold onto candidates and seats.
September 26, 2026
Pauline Hanson Gilds the Lily
Hanson has a penchant for exaggeration and soft facts that fail to stand up to scrutiny. Her political attacks lack evidence to support her views.
September 25, 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
The Hanson Paradox: Popularity Despite the Racism
Hanson and One Nation's seemingly rampant popularity is a symptom of an electorate jaded by the poor performance of past and incumbent governments.
September 15, 2026
Nous Rebâtirons
The cathedral of the rule of law faces challenges as has done Notre Dame, being damaged and rebuilt over the centuries to become a more complete icon.
September 11, 2026
Fire the Liar, Mind the Glass House
Hanson's campaign highlighting the Prime Minister's lies when One Nation's candidates are proved to be lying undermines her arguments.
September 10, 2026
The Nazi and the Constitution: What the White Australia Party Case is Really Testing
The High Court of Australia case regarding the power of the Commonwealth to proscribe hate groups is a seminal test of the rule of law.
September 9, 2026
Strategic Entanglements: Australia, the US and China
Diametrically opposed world views by the USA and China demand strategic management of risks in both regional defence and international trade.
September 8, 2026
The Architecture of Capture: How the Separation of Powers Dies in Practice, Not in Law
Weakening the separation of the legislative and administrative branches of the law risks a partisan judiciary that acts on political intent rather than justice guidelines.
September 4, 2026
Euphemism and the Grammar of Unaccountable Power
Language can shield the truth as readily as expose it, duping adherents on all sides of the political spectrum.
September 3, 2026
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.
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