Jesse J. Fleay   

Racism
The warning from Farrer
One Nation's rise is not an isolated protest vote: it is a warning about the dir...
Jesse J. Fleay 11 May 2026
At dawn, we remember and we choose who we are
The message of silence At first light, in the half-shadow between night and day,...
Jesse J. Fleay 25 Apr 2026
Not just racism: Parliament must also investigate misuse of power by so-called 'allies'
The parliamentary inquiry into racism is welcome. But truth cannot stop at racis...
Jesse J. Fleay 10 Mar 2026
Australia’s long lie about Aboriginal people: An attack years in the making
On 26 January 2026, at an Invasion Day rally on Boorloo's city CBD, a man is all...
Jesse J. Fleay 9 Feb 2026
Western Australia's Governor names truth of Pinjarra massacre
There are moments in a nation's history that illuminate both past and present. M...
Jesse J. Fleay 28 Oct 2025
Fifty years since 'The Dismissal': The long march of courage

Almost fifty years ago, on a spring morning in 1975, the Australian experiment in democracy came undone. On the steps of Parliament House, Australia's 21st Prime Minister—Edward Gough Whitlam&md...

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Jesse J. Fleay Oct 13, 2025
Opinion: Fear of truth and treaty rouses Australia’s old ghosts in new uniforms

They say we don't have a problem with racism, yet a treaty brought Nazis out in plain sight. There it is—the national paradox. We are told that racism is a phantom, a thing of the past, best for...

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Jesse J. Fleay Sep 11, 2025
Opinion: Jacinta Price’s crowdfunding betrays her own ideology

When I read that Jacinta Nampijinpa Price had launched a crowdfunding campaign to help cover her potential personal bankruptcy, I thought that the article was satire.

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Jesse J. Fleay Aug 29, 2025
Peter Dutton's career leaves not a legacy but a cautionary tale

I find it one of the more persistent myths of Australian politics that the role of Leader of the Opposition is the worst job in the country. Personally, as the son of a cleaner and a service station a...

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Jesse J. Fleay May 30, 2025
The emerging global political order is a threat to Australian society

We are on the verge of a new global political order, and it is bad for Australian society, and our economy. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have told the world about their policy mandate fo...

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Jesse J. Fleay Nov 14, 2024
First People’s Assembly and Justice Commission needed as basis for WA Treaty

Queensland's Indigenous Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry is a wake up call for the Western Australian government. Established under the Path to Treaty Act 2023, the Inquiry will provide advice and ma...

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Jesse J. Fleay Sep 25, 2024
Victoria's unique treaty process makes history

While the state of Victoria's treaty process has been well received by communities throughout the state, the rest of the country is still largely unaware of the significance of the process and the rec...

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Jesse J. Fleay Aug 20, 2024
Empires come and go but Indigenous peoples remain

Global Citizen started here in on Naarm lands in the Kulin nation, after Nelson Mandela gave a speech to Australians with an appeal to build a new South Africa based on reconciliation between black an...

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Jesse J. Fleay Mar 12, 2024
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