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Rowena Penfold

Sorry Means Accountability: A Sorry Day Essay
ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / Former Commissioner / Racism / Uncategorized

Sorry Means Accountability: A Sorry Day Essay

Every year on the 26th of May, Australia observes National Sorry Day. Flags are lowered. Speeches are made. Politicians stand at podiums and invoke the language of healing, reconciliation, and…

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May 27, 2026
Racism, Cronyism and Corruption in the Australian Federal Police: The Proof
Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / First Nations/Indigenous

Racism, Cronyism and Corruption in the Australian Federal Police: The Proof

Introduction In the very heart of Australia’s capital, Canberra, where the ideals of democracy, justice and equality are meant to be upheld with unwavering commitment, a single letter dated 9…

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August 11, 2025

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  • RAMSI - the scion of the juggernaut of greed

    Solomon Star
    13 October 2011
  • AFP accused of fabricating evidence, yet again

    Solomon Star (Print only)
    4 October 2011
  • Moti affair

    Solomon Star
    14 September 2011
  • Moti affair

    Fiji Sun
    12 September 2011
  • Moti appeal exposes mixed loyalties and judicial corruption

    Solomon Star
    22 July 2011
  • Moti end game

    FijiSun
    22 July 2011
  • Letters to the editor: Article by Bakchos

    Solomon Star
    20 July 2011
  • Co-operate or else! AFP thuggery for a white Australia

    Solomon Star
    24 June 2011
  • The strange case of Bill Johnson, a study in neo-colonial hypocrisy

    Solomon Star
    17 June 2011
  • Neo-colonialism in the Torres Strait

    Solomon Star
    14 June 2011
  • Moti and other affairs

    Solomon Star
    9 June 2011
  • Comment: Excellent Read

    Fiji Sun
    7 June 2011

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Recent Comments

  1. Kelly Conrad on The Nazi and the Constitution: What the White Australia Party Case is Really Testing

    I guess Nazis are entitled to their freedom of speech along with everyone else. I don’t like it, but it…

  2. Mirko on The Nazi and the Constitution: What the White Australia Party Case is Really Testing

    Can a minister's own say-so manufacture the facts that let a law reach into constitutional power? That's the same problem…

  3. Bill Wheatley on The Nazi and the Constitution: What the White Australia Party Case is Really Testing

    “Australia for the white man” sounds a bit gay to me.

  4. Jen on Strategic Entanglements: Australia, the US and China

    Time for Australia to leave AUKUS.

  5. Melissa on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution

    What Jon White allowed to happen to Bakchos is disgraceful.

  6. Melissa on Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution

    Angel Marina is a white supremacist and a total wanker.

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