I have attempted to write this blog so many times I’ve lost count. Every time it gets longer and longer, however I will attempt to keep it short. I was sitting at my computer mid-way through December, thinking about the world, as you do on a dark rainy afternoon. I was angry about the direction that Australia is taking, and frustrated that despite all the waffling by Europe and America, no effort has been made to actually fix the fatal flaws that are leading to the unwinding of the world economy, and to a vortex of discontent. Why have none of those responsible for this mess been brought to justice?
I remembered attending a seminar once, and one of the speakers said that you can’t begin to get the answers you need unless you ask the right questions. So I began to ask myself questions. How do we change the law if we don’t understand the law? If we don’t understand the law, how can we prevent tyranny? Is there a reason why the constitution isn’t taught in schools?
In a moment of melancholy and pessimism, I had a paradigm shift, and impulsively enrolled into Law School. My acceptance into a Graduate Law Degree hasn’t diminished my love of art, and in fact I think both pursuits are complementary to each other. I pictured myself as someone similar to the lawyer character that Kathy Bates plays in the television sitcom “Harry’s Law”, except I’ll have an art gallery/art studio and lawyers office all in one instead of a shoe shop/lawyer’s office.
So anyway, I decided to go to the Lifeline Bookfest to buy a bunch of law books. I met a lady there who complained about the state of the world. She said she just wanted to escape and go live somewhere else. I told her I was going to study Law and that I was going to change the world for the better. She rolled her eyes and wished me luck!
I purchased a range of books, from text books to sarcastic farsical black comedies, such that Shakespeare would be proud of, and found a fairly rare book by Evan Whitton written in 1989 called “The Hillbilly Dictator – Australia’s Police State: How Democracy and the rule of law in Queensland were subverted, and injustice and corruption elevated to the commonplace”. The back cover states that:
“it has been said, and not entirely in jest, that Sydney is the most corrupt city in the western world, except of course for Newark, New Jersey, and Brisbane, Queensland. These were the opening words of ‘Can of Worms’, Evan Whitton’s 1986 book about New South Wales. Since then, the Fitzgerald Inquiry in Queensland has produced the most closely documented study of corruption in an Australian police force. More significantly, Fitzgerald QC showed how easy it is for a democracy to become an authoritarian state in which corruption and injustice are not just tolerated but elevated to the commonplace …”
Evan Whitton, a journalist and cartoonist, who also wrote “The Cartel: Lawyers and Their Nine Magic Tricks”, which features a quote by Mel Barnett, a common lawyer in 1997 that he doesn’t “… think it’s a justice system as such; it’s a legal system” (p.11). The Honourable Mr Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia, writes on the front cover that Whitton is “… an experienced and distinguished journalist ..[and]… must be listened to with care …[as]… outsiders often see error more quickly because they are without preconceptions”. Whitton proceeds to quote Judge Harold Rothwax of the New York Supreme Court where he says “truth must be the goal of any rational procedural system … [and] … without truth there can be no justice” (p.33). However, the average person would never suspect that TRUTH was not important to JUSTICE here in Australia because of our adversarial legal system? Many people simply don’t know what’s going on out there, unless you get caught in the net. Why do we have a legal system, but not a justice system? Think about the implications of that just for a moment.
Statistics in Whitton’s 1998 book state that in Australia about one percent of people in prison are innocent, and that about 80 percent of fairly serious criminals are found NOT GUILTY (p.11). Obviously there is something fundamentally wrong with “the system”. In an article by Charles Bruce Stewart, he links the “Slave Trading Codes” of Ancient Babylon, which were codified within the law, to the “modern laws of commerce, equity and civil/municipal jurisdictions”.
In the past it was Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, who brought Socratic (logical/rational) argument into common use and it was in Greece that democracy was born. The Bible is replete with references to Pharisees (Judges) and Lawyers, and both the American and Australian constitutions make references to the fact that lawyers are not allowed to hold political office. Yet the Pharisees (Judges) and lawyers still poisoned Socrates and put Jesus on the cross to die, and Greece is now ruled by technocrats under the dictatorship known as the European Union. I believe we are all in a spiritual fight against evil and tyranny because when you start digging into the law and investigate the meaning of things, you begin to understand how very powerful lawyers are, and how dangerous lawyers who become politicians can be. On top of that, if the lawyer/politician displays psychopathic behaviour, then watch out. This is why the separation of powers in the Australian and American constitutions is imperative.
My aim of undertaking a law degree will be to do my part towards restoring truth and the proper common law back to our courts. Consider there are many innocent people who have been irreparably harmed by the courts. One such innocent person is a man named Ian Henke, who at 75 years old is now in jail in Wacol, Brisbane. Apparently Mr Ian Henke was denied legal aid even though he was a declared bankrupt, Having suffered through lack of representation and inequalities associated with civil procedures he was not allowed to cross-examine witnesses whom would have helped prove his case. His wife maintains he was framed. To find out about whom Ian Henke is, read the information and watch this You-Tube video that demonstrates Ian Henke’s good character: http://sosnews.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,print,0&cntnt01articleid=155&cntnt01showtemplate=false&cntnt01returnid=80
Many people are disheartened, disillusioned and now bankrupt because of a system that does not support a fair go and equality before the law, so there has been a day organised called ‘The Australian Liberation Day: Magna Carta Walk” on Friday 15th June 2012. Support your rights to the Magna Carta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta ) and your rights to Common Law Jury trials. To watch more about what is at stake, watch this 19 minute You-Tube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=rs1ntqa5M2k&annotation_id=annotation_392430&feature=iv&v=f-ztGSKuC6s
Watch this short video on the Australian Flag and what it has come to represent: http://www.larryhannigan.com/flag01.htm
Watch this video on the Australian Constitution and how it protects your rights: http://www.larryhannigan.com/constitutionvideo.htm
Remember Gough Whitlam and Australia’s biggest political crisis? Read about Australia’s Constitutional Crisis, and how the rot set in from 1975. You’ll hear the words “Constitutional Crisis” bantered around on the ABC News, but they would never dare discuss what the Crisis is as their reporting is restricted by draconian media laws and their employer, the Australian Government Corporation, has a vested interest in your ignorance: http://www.larryhannigan.com/federalgovernment.htm
Once you watch these videos, you will know why we must all vote “NO” on any constitutional questions in the upcoming Federal elections, because you can be sure the Government will not provide full and proper disclosure. The Magna Carta was enshrined in law centuries ago, and there are monuments to it everywhere. Protect the Magna Carta, because the Magna Carta protects you and your inalienable Rights which you are born with. The Government only bestows benefits and privileges, but they cannot bestow you your Human Rights.
Happy Australian Day everyone.
Lest We Forget.
P.S. If you would like to register for any interesting updates and information about this subject that I find out please email me at krisstie@brisbaneartworkshops.com.au and provide your email address.
