When you're a small organisation battling against a shrinking media landscape in which multi-nationals dominate, staying afloat is difficult.
When you're trying to maintain independence and still speaking truth to power, it's doubly so.
Add the not so small matter of a pandemic into the equation and suddenly the lifeboat is shaky, to say the least.
The effects of the coronavirus have impacted Independent Australia. People are hurting and our revenue is down considerably.
IA has a talented editorial team and a brilliant group of regular columnists with whom we continue to stand and look injustice and corruption in the eye with. We also have an amazing community of supporters.
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