Although Private Bradley Manning was cleared of aiding and abeting the enemy, his conviction for giving information to journalists may have some serious repercussions, says Dr Binoy Kampmark. ‘[I]t is the duty of all persons in the service of the United States, as well as all other the inhabitants thereof, to give the earliest information […]
July 2013
PEOPLE have been seeking sanctuary in holy places from the dawn of history. Their entitlement to do so was recognised by the Ancient Greeks and Egyptians, though it was Good King Ethelbert of Kent who first codified the right to seek asylum in AD600. Fast forward from Joseph and Mary to Quasimodo in the bell […]
“There are losses. The important thing is how returning to them transforms them into something new.” Juan Gelman The haunting and politically charged poetry of Argentinian poet, journalist and political activist Juan Gelman points to the unwavering connection between poetry and political expression and political activism, particularly among Latin American poets. Juan Gelman is one of Argentina’s […]
Women continue to be imprisoned at an alarming rate. Over the past 10 years, the number of women prisoners in Australia has increased by 48% (compared with a 29% increase amongst men)[1]. Increases occurred in all states and territories except the ACT: of particular concern was a massive 300% rise in the number of women […]
After the success of the past Year 10 History projects, Kildare College decided to honour Aboriginal and Islander (including the Torres Strait) service men and women this year. Their trilogy book includes short stories that acknowledge our men and women who have served in Australia’s defence forces from WW2, Vietnam until today. Throughout this article […]
The Australian Parliament has received enormous international and local attention in the past year – not because of the eloquence of its debates – but because the behaviour both in its chambers and in its backrooms has been so Machiavellian that the world has looked on in amazement. Even when you take out the leadership […]
Moral courage – not afraid to say or do what you believe to be right. Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, The Memoirs of Field Marshall Montgomery, 1958 The farce is done, and one might say that the farce has ended – at least for now. An interregnum of unclear and sinister stupidity has descended […]
The Northern Territory founded political party that swept the Territory’s Country Liberal party into power, now has its sights set on the upcoming Federal Election. The Australia First Nations Party (AFNP) recently endorsed NT Elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, who rose to fame as the lead character in the 1950s film ‘Jedda’. An Alywarr and Amnatyerr Elder […]
The “Border Protection” being peddled by the ALP and the Coalition is a quaint concept conjured up by wily politicians to distract us from the issues that really matter. So it is pertinent to ponder, from an Australian perspective, what exactly does border constitute and what should the priority areas of foci be in terms […]
The South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council (SWALSC) has hit back at critics of the Western Australian Government’s offer of a $1.3 billion Native Title package to Noongars. SWALSC CEO Glen Kelly said that ultimately “…the Noongar community will decide whether to accept or reject the Native Title settlement package negotiated with the WA […]
General News
- March 9, 2021
Australia’s governments must end health discrimination in its prisons. An incarcerated child must not be a second-class citizen. Nor any adult. We must ask, why are our governments dishing the vulnerable jailed, second-class healthcare? When evaluating the nation’s carceral system, we are […]
- February 2, 2021
When will the cries of the homeless be heard? Is there some sort of grotesque caste system in Western Australia? The anti-humanism is a brutal public spectacle. On the last day of January, the Western Australian Government actuated five days […]
- December 3, 2020
West Australia is the nation’s backwater. It is the mother of injustices, inequalities and the draconian. West Australia and the Northern Territory leave the have-nots that far behind, for many their lot appears irreparable. If there is a Mason-Dixon line […]
- September 22, 2020
There are many faces to homelessness. A 51-year-old woman walked into my Perth office. She has lived thirteen consecutive years street-homeless. Not long ago, she spent eighteen months sleeping her nights in the same park. She is weary, harrowed by […]
- September 3, 2020
Often beleaguered by international aid work I have lifelong been involved in; the increasing unmet needs, the mongrel injustices, I have argued the horrendous lie of our generation is that poverty is being reduced around the world. There are countries […]
- March 10, 2020
Gerry Georgatos – In 2014, I disaggregated to the Kimberley’s First Nations peoples, the nation’s highest suicide rate, one of the world’s highest, at over 70 suicides per 100,000 population (First Nations), thereabouts seven times the national rate. Fortunately, although […]
- February 18, 2020
Gerry Georgatos – More than 51 months ago I wrote an article on the imperatives of forgiveness and redemption. This remains true. We journey together in one form or another, we can either salt the earth or jag the road, […]
- January 29, 2020
By Gerry Georgatos – Trae lost his eleven-year-old brother to suicide. Nine months later he lost his mother to suicide. Trae was the last to see his brother. Half an hour later he went looking for his little brother. In the […]
- January 21, 2020
Gerry Georgatos – Children as young as 9 years have been lost to suicide, three in fact in recent years. Australians should ask, why? Proportionally, more children aged 14 years and less have been lost so far this century compared […]
- December 10, 2019
Gerry Georgatos – A mother suicides, a father suicides, their child was a suicide. Not once has this occurred but untold times. Over the years I have warned of mothers and fathers that would be near certain lost to suicide […]
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