Managing editor David Donovan introduces Independent Australia’s first Open thread. Make a comment on any topic; share your news and stories, suggest a topic for IA to cover or even ask us a question.

Anyway, by popular demand – that is, someone suggested it to me on Twitter (thanks @CuppaT2!) – I am opening up this thread for general comments about anything at all from our most erudite group of commenters (HB, MS, OJ et al). Oh yeah, nearly forgot, if you want to ask me any questions about IA or anything else, please feel free.
(Don’t forget, you need to register with IA to comment, but this literally only takes a few seconds.)
Over to you…