Independent Australia

26/09/2024

CARTOONS: Albo juggles the household Bills
~ Mark David Cartoons

Big week on the homefront as Anthony Albanese juggles the essential household Bills — housing, groceries and energy

26/09/2024

Drone technology transforming Australian agriculture
~ Cris Baroro

Drone technology has become an important tool for the agriculture industry with farmers discovering the many benefits.

26/09/2024

The Murdoch family distrust
~ Dan Jensen & David Donovan

In a family feud that would put Game of Thrones to shame, a legal fight has broken out over control of the Murdoch media empire.

25/09/2024

Mining industry launches brazen attack on Government
~ Adam Gottschalk

The mining industry launched a war of words on the Federal Government, an absurd move considering its minuscule contribution to the economy.

25/09/2024

Albanese's move to protect kids from social media 'problematic'
~ Dr Binoy Kampmark

Anthony Albanese's pledge to enforce age limits for the use of social media is a pointless endeavour that will create more problems than solving them.

25/09/2024

New book affirms need to save humanity from climate crisis
~ Sue Arnold

One of the most powerful and important books on the global environmental crises humanity faces has just been released in Australia.

24/09/2024

The Netherlands: Europe’s digital powerhouse
~ Paul Budde

The Netherlands has become a global juggernaut in terms of broadband, AI and cybersecurity.

24/09/2024

Courier Mail's LNP relationship smacks of hypocrisy
~ Steve Bishop

Polls are tipping the LNP to win the Queensland State Election on 26 October, but will The Courier Mail dare to support a party it has denigrated?

24/09/2024

They're eating the dawgs! They're eating the cats! Make the Pets Great Again!

We here at IA are still blown away by Donald Trump's revelation of feline and canine consumption, so we decided to whip up a little something fun. Enjoy!

(Music and editing by Dan Jensen)

24/09/2024

The Trump/Harris debate: Implications of both arguments
~ Patrick Drennan

Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala Harris raised many points on crucial issues for their first televised debate on 9 September 2024.

23/09/2024

Australia's productivity not as bad as you've been told
~ Stephen Koukoulas

What if there is no productivity crisis in Australia and all of the concerns about the “dismal” level of productivity are misguided and even wrong?

23/09/2024

Why offshore student visa grants in 2025 must rise to hit student caps
~ Dr Abul Rizvi

The recently announced student visa caps have not only caused hysteria in the media but proven to be a poor policy instrument for the Government.

23/09/2024

Israel-Gaza one year on: Rethinking security to stem rise in conflict
~ Dr Claire Yorke

The ongoing Middle East crisis serves as a reminder that world leaders seem reluctant to find a solution to the rise in global conflicts.

22/09/2024

U.S. assaults surge as Trump’s hate escalates
~ Alan Austin

Donald Trump continues to preach hate as politically-motivated physical attacks surge across the USA — Kamala Harris' proposed solutions show signs of hope.

22/09/2024

POEM: Dragon Dreaming
~ Lidia Myburgh

A poem touching on the intergenerational effects on children of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

22/09/2024

Trump voodoo versus Walz vision
~ John Longhurst

Bazza has a beer with his mates and brings a bit of common sense to the discussion about the U.S. Election, explaining how tariffs work, and the value of child nutrition.

21/09/2024

Major theatrics in Melbourne!
~ Bill McAuley

Japanese Kabuki performers took the stage in Melbourne, electrifying audiences with their unique style.

20/09/2024

Conservatives resort to bullying teenager over protest cosplay
~ Tom Tanuki

A teenage cosplayer has become the target of online bullying after appearing in an ADF cadet costume on a Sky News broadcast.

20/09/2024

The Bunnings rave, the unfaithful Dave and Ticketmaster misbehaves
~ David Kowalski

From Bunnings throwing a 'biblical' rave to one of rock music's nice guys dropping a lovechild bombshell, it's been quite the week for music news.

19/09/2024

CARTOONS: Trump wants running mate to date less — hate more
~ Mark David Cartoons

Donald Trump's campaign gets weirder and weirder as US Election nears.

19/09/2024

A more effective Australian electoral system is long overdue
~ Dr Klaas Woldring

The adversarial two-party political culture in Australia is in need of replacement.

19/09/2024

Donald Trump and the voters of America
~ David Donovan

Donald Trump is not an absolute idiot. No, seriously!

19/09/2024

Despite two banning orders, Grubisa is relentless
~ Independent Australia

Dominique Grubisa claims to be radically transparent, relentlessly marching on despite banning orders.

18/09/2024

Under cloud of secrecy, U.S. weaponises Western Australia
~ Bevan Ramsden

The United States has continued to prepare key areas of Western Australia as bases to fight its wars while the public is left in the dark.

18/09/2024

Colac Council creates chaos by controlling media criticism
~ Rosemary Sorensen

Controversy has erupted after the CEO of a Victorian shire council shut out the town's local newspaper from reporting on council matters.