Home Authors Posts by Dalia Mae

Dalia Mae

1122 POSTS 920 COMMENTS

‘Metadata Monis’ and the Sydney ‘Siege’ Pt2

2,535 Australians More than two thousand Australians commit suicide every year. In 2012 the figure was 2535. About 300 people drown - and around 10 people...

Hockey Backflips on Taxing Multinationals. Collectivism in Progress.

Canberra is like watching a Punch and Judy show. A promise from Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey that he would impose tough new tax avoidance rules...

They Shoot Children, Don’t They? A Retrospective on Dunblane, 18...

by Mary W Maxwell, PhD, LLB On March 13, 1996, in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 children ages 5 and 6 were shot to death in the...

‘Metadata Monis’ and the Sydney ‘Siege’ Pt1

What a terrible ordeal for the families of Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson. From reports, beautiful people - lost by the 'blowback' in the...

Siege in Sydney

Armed (Arab) 'Incident' at Martin Place Arabic writing on a black cloth held against the window: "There is no God but Allah. Mohammed is the messenger...

The Australian Government Needs To Respond To Torture Report

The torture revelations force us to a cross roads in humanity. A Tipping Point The reporting of this, I believe, is a tipping point for western...

Dick Cheney, Torture and an Insane Society

"We did exactly what need to be done to catch those that were guilty of 9/11 and to prevent a further attack"  It is difficult...

Paradoxical Petro Poroshenko’s Parley in Australia

Australia welcomed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for his two-day state visit. He was expected to attend a prayer vigil for the victims of the...

A Terrorist ‘Tortures’ Senator at Human Rights Awards.

I don't want to describe the brutal menu of the CIA's nonsensical torture. But one Australian recipient of the torture regime was David Hicks....

Alyssa Peterson and Charlie Gittings, Your Hour Has Come

by Mary W Maxwell, PhD, LB It’s generally hard for human rights workers to know if their efforts have any effect.  It’s probably the same...

Political and Banking Treachery in Australia

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE: Dear Men and Women of Australia, There are two photographs on this page, and while they might look like...

Gold Walkley Awards – Excellent Journalism Avoiding the Real Crimes

By Dee McLachlan Just over a week ago journalists and the media celebrated the 2014 Walkley Awards in - the primo journalistic awards for Australia....