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Articles by Lachlan McKenzie

About Lachlan McKenzie
I believe in championing Equity & Inclusion. With over three decades of experience in healthcare, I’ve witnessed the power of compassion and innovation to transform lives. Now, I’m channeling that same drive to foster a more inclusive Australia - and world - where every voice is heard, every barrier dismantled, and every community thrives. Let’s build fairness, one story at a time.
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From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 19)

9 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0
Chapter 19: Child Removals Today – The New Stolen Generations A Continuation, Not a Memory When Australians hear “Stolen Generations,” many think of the 19th and early 20th centuries – the era when children were […]
Two men with gold bars and penguin.
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Goldgate: How Howard’s 1997 Fire-Sale Cost Australians Billions

9 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 14
In Australian politics, John Howard and Peter Costello built reputations as the “responsible economic managers” who supposedly safeguarded the nation’s prosperity. Yet buried in that legacy lies a decision that reads less like prudence and […]
Protesters holding "Stop Indigenous Deaths in Custody" banner.
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From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 18)

8 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 1
Chapter 18: Over-Policing and Incarceration A Colonial Inheritance From the earliest days of colonisation, police forces in Australia were created not to protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but to control them. The Native […]
Illustration depicting colonial impact and resistance.
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From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 17)

7 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0
Chapter 17: The Myth of “It’s Over Now” “That Was a Long Time Ago” One of the most persistent responses to truth-telling about colonisation is the claim: “It’s all in the past. That was a […]
Mounties and nuns taking Indigenous children away.
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From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 16)

6 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0
Chapter 16: First Nations in Canada and New Zealand – Shared Struggles, Shared Survival Settler Colonies of the British Empire Australia was not unique. Canada and New Zealand were also settler colonies of the British […]
Man in front of soldiers, text overlay.
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Narratives Under Siege: Israel, Media Power, and the Struggle for Human Rights (Part 4)

6 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 1
Narratives Under Siege: Part VII Why It Matters Beyond Israel/Palestine Cold Open When Saudi Arabia bought Newcastle United Football Club in 2021, fans waved new flags and sang new chants. But human rights groups saw […]
Protesters marching with "End Apartheid" banner.
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From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 15)

5 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0
Chapter 15: Apartheid in South Africa and Parallels in Australia The Birth of Apartheid In 1948, South Africa’s National Party formalised a system of apartheid – meaning “apartness” in Afrikaans. It entrenched racial segregation that […]
Hand holding smartphone with Pegasus text overlay.
Politics

Narratives Under Siege: Israel, Media Power, and the Struggle for Human Rights (Part 3)

5 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0
Narratives Under Siege: Part V The Shadow War – Spyware, Disinformation, and Covert Ops Cold Open In July 2021, an international consortium of journalists revealed that Pegasus spyware, developed by Israel’s NSO Group, had been […]
Racist sign on brick wall.
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From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 14)

4 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 1
Chapter 14: Comparisons – Jim Crow in the U.S. South The Origins of Jim Crow After the U.S. Civil War (1861–65) abolished slavery, white southern states introduced a new system of control: Jim Crow laws. […]
Protester holding sign about Palestine censorship.
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Narratives Under Siege: Israel, Media Power, and the Struggle for Human Rights (Part 2)

4 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 3
Narratives Under Siege: Part III Words as Weapons – Redefining Antisemitism Cold Open In 2016, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) introduced a working definition of antisemitism. Within a few years, governments, universities, and public […]
Protesters holding anti-apartheid sign for Aborigines.
Politics

From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 13)

3 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 5
Chapter 13: Segregation in Australia – Jim Crow Without the Name A System Without Its Own Name In the United States, racial segregation was codified under the infamous Jim Crow laws. In South Africa, it […]
Desolate landscape with tents and ruined buildings.
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Narratives Under Siege: Israel, Media Power, and the Struggle for Human Rights (Part 1)

3 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 3
From early Zionism through Holocaust trauma, Cold War alignments, lobbying networks, and digital battles, this series explores how Israel shaped global narratives – and why reclaiming a universal human-rights lens matters now more than ever. […]
Children holding toys, seeking adoptive homes.
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From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 12)

2 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 1
Chapter 12: Assimilation and the Stolen Generations From “Protection” to “Assimilation” By the early 20th century, colonial authorities had shifted their policy language once again. Where the 19th century had emphasised “protection,” the 20th century […]
Large group of children outside wooden building.
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From Ignorance to Understanding: Facing the Truth of Colonisation (Part 11)

1 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 0
Chapter 11: Missions, Reserves, and the Churches’ Role Containing a People As frontier violence pushed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples off their lands, colonial authorities developed new systems to control survivors: missions and reserves. […]
Man and child walking toward sunrise.
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Beyond the Myths: Protecting Autistic Lives, Public Health, and the Future of Science (Part 5)

1 September 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 11
Part 13: Global Health & Diplomacy When America sneezes, the world often catches cold. That cliché is doubly true in global health. For decades, the U.S. has been the backbone of vaccine funding, logistics, and […]

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