Independent Australia

Ukrainian activist found guilty of high treason in political "show trial"

Bogdan Syrotiuk was found guilty of treason — the evidence presented at his "trial" was clearly political.

Far-Right secretive political group Advance appears at election inquiry

Far-Right Advance "stacked" with Liberal Party operatives and backed by billionaires.

Fiducian’s $7.3 million penalty exposes the limits of green finance

Fiducian’s $7.3 million greenwashing penalty exposes how green finance can mask continued investment in carbon-intensive industries.

Australian War Memorial must tell the whole truth of the Frontier Wars

The Australian War Memorial needs to tell the full story of the Frontier Wars, including massacres and dispossession, not just organised Indigen…

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Neo-Liberal comic economics with Dave Hughes

Previously a comedian, Dave Hughes has become a self-professed corruption crusader and economics maven, denouncing the Labor Party as

JEFF MCMULLEN: Living dangerously — the life of a dingo

NSW Parliament will begin hearings on 8 September 2026 on the management of dingoes in national parks. Dr Jeff McMullen reports on what is at st…

The kids are alright — it's the One Nation Adults who are a concern

From Vietnam to today’s anti-Hanson rallies, young Australians have a proud history of speaking truth to power while the adults tell them to get…

Canavan staggeringly wrong on working holidaymakers

Nationals’ Leader Matt Canavan’s recent statements about working holiday makers are so staggeringly wrong that they could even make Donald Trump…

Business pushes trickle-down myth then blames government for its inevitable failure

Historic economic growth and productivity gains have largely failed to translate into broadly shared benefits to working people.

Australia’s extraction machine goes digital

Australia’s colonial extraction economy has gone digital, using fear, AI hype and worker exploitation to keep corporate power firmly in control.

Ley’s U.S. road trip leads to later Liberal ‘clarity’

Sussan Ley has continued the conservative tradition of finding "clarity" and compassion, after it matters, writes managing editor Michelle Pini.

Forest carbon scheme puts Great Koala National Park at risk

A Federal Government controversial forest carbon scheme is raising fears that conservation is being sacrificed, particularly in NSW, for trade o…

Peter Moon — a 'very unattractive', pretty funny comedian

Posed here as a "derro" in a back lane in South Melbourne, comedian Peter Moon is well-known for playing one of television's seedier characters.

Ed Husic doesn’t give a shit; William Blake might

Ed Husic's blunt outburst says more about Labor's political paralysis than party discipline, through the unexpected lens of William Blake's phil…

Australia's fairness problem is holding productivity back

Rather than flowing into higher wages, a growing share of productivity gains has failed to show up in workers' pay packets.

After Pauline Hanson, Richard Marles makes more sense

Richard Marles' warning that xenophobia weakens Australia's strategic relationships took on new significance after Pauline Hanson's call for a ‘…

AUKUS: Australia's $368 billion boondoggle

Scott Morrison’s economy-crippling AUKUS boondoggle cost $368 billion for eight nuclear submarines that may or may not arrive.