Keywords: Police Corruption
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 22 August 2011
12 Comments
The image of journalism that has dominated the news in the last month has been one of grubbiness, corruption and cover-ups. The of ABC journalist Paul Lockyer in a helicopter crash reminds us how much we are indebted to ordinary, decent and self-effacing journalists.
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MEDIA
- Tony Kevin
- 14 February 2011
24 Comments
Rudd's cold rebuttal of Assange's mother's appeal to him is most unworthy. To say Assange has been offered consular assistance does not answer her. David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib received similarly worthless consular access.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Ashlea Scicluna
- 02 February 2011
5 Comments
The long-time political repression of the Egyptian people is now being avenged on the streets. Any step toward democracy that arises from the protests must involve the popular Muslim Brotherhood, or else it will be a wasted opportunity.
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MEDIA
- Lyn Bender
- 09 December 2010
10 Comments
Who is this Assange? Is he a messianic hero, larrikin, renegade, terrorist, or just a very naughty boy? As a psychologist my interest lies in history, as this is frequently re-enacted in our lives. And Julian Assange had a very unusual childhood.
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AUSTRALIA
- Fatima Measham
- 11 August 2010
15 Comments
In Sunday's Liberal campaign launch, Tony Abbott repeated the phrase 'big new tax' five times. Through taxes, we invest in a civilised society that would provide for
us in times of need. Taxes are therefore not a necessary evil. They are a
necessary good.
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AUSTRALIA
- Gillian Bouras
- 10 May 2010
5 Comments
Greek leaders condemned the outbreak of violence that has seen innocent people die on the streets of Athens. However many people fear that worse is to come. Most people are angry, particularly the young. Greece has never treated
its youth well.
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AUSTRALIA
- James M. Dorsey
- 19 April 2010
5 Comments
Boosted by technologies that facilitate mass
distribution without government control, the heavy metal and hip-hop music scene in the Middle East recalls the role
music played in the velvet revolution that toppled regimes in Eastern
Europe and Indonesia.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Catherine Marshall
- 11 February 2010
4 Comments
I clearly remember what I was doing the day Nelson Mandela walked free from prison. The behemoth apartheid state shifted so thoroughly and so smoothly that
even the erratic events of the past 20 years have done little to
diminish South Africa's reputation as a miracle nation.
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INTERNATIONAL
- David Holdcroft
- 10 December 2009
3 Comments
The performers, in white-face make-up and baggy trousers, have two minutes to catch a driver's
attention and elicit a few rands. Their skill is as remarkable as the cultural and racial
ironies of their performance.
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INFORMATION
- Michael Brull
- 27 October 2009
4 Comments
Everyone progressive, liberal and leftwards breathed a sigh of relief at the end of two long Bush Administrations. I too share the hope for change from the Bush era. Sadly, Obama's not the change we're looking for.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 03 August 2009
Tasers are
regarded as a fast and easy means for police to restrain alleged offenders.
But that's not what's needed for a response that
respects the rights of the individuals being apprehended.
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AUSTRALIA
- Harry Nicolaides
- 09 June 2009
7 Comments
Harry Nicolaides was a prisoner at Bangkok Remand
Prison from September 2008 to February 2009, held on charges of lèse majesté. There he met Benny Moafi, who is serving a 22-year sentence for a crime he did not commit.
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