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Fraser Anning: My brush with infamy

Ross Jones

Ross Jones describes a meeting with controversial Senator Fraser Anning, who was keen on seeking help to destroy One Nation.

17 August 2018, 8:00am Fraser Anning One Nation Final Solution

Clive Palmer and One Nation's Brian Burston: A match made in Heaven

Ross Jones

One Nation's Brian Burston teams up with Clive Palmer and allegations of electoral law breaches surface.

22 June 2018, 8:00am Ross Jones Clive Palmer Brian Burston

Hanson, Burston and the never-ending One Nation Ponzi scheme

Ross Jones

It's easy to think of One Nation as a Ponzi scheme, but it is, in fact, worse. It is a phoenix Ponzi scheme — a Ponzi scheme risen from the ashes.

8 June 2018, 4:30pm Ross Jones One Nation Pauline Hanson

EDITORIAL EXCERPT: The fag end

David Donovan

The corporate tax cut "plan" is dead — so what comes next? Managing editor Dave Donovan comments.

24 May 2018, 8:00am Bill Shorten tax cuts corporate tax

EDITORIAL: The fag end

David Donovan

We are getting down to the fag end of this Government.

23 May 2018, 7:00pm Bill Shorten tax cuts corporate tax

Pauline Hanson named One Nation's President for Life — for now

Ross Jones

When Pauline passes the presidency baton, one way or another, bet on James Ashby. You’ve been warned, writes Sydney bureau chief Ross Jones.

18 May 2018, 8:00am Ross Jones Pauline Hanson One Nation

#4 TOP IA STORY OF 2017: Tony Abbott's citizenship letter and the Home Office

Ross Jones

After years of IA asking for proof he had renounced his British citizenship, Tony Abbott finally produced a letter in July. Ross Jones got an expert to take a [...]

29 December 2017, 10:00am Pauline Hanson Ross Jones James Ashby

#5 TOP IA STORY OF 2017: Pauline Hanson lying high: The strange case of James Ashby's aeroplane

Ross Jones

Ross Jones broke the story of James Ashby's donated plane in January 2017. It was appropriated by ABC Four Corners in April and the rest of news media soon [...]

29 December 2017, 8:00am Pauline Hanson Ross Jones James Ashby

EDITORIAL: Merry Christmas and season's greetings from IA

David Donovan

Season’s greetings! It is the day before Christmas and this is the last Independent Australia editorial of the year.

24 December 2017, 4:00pm David Donovan Christmas Season's Greeting

1,000 LIMITED EDITION IA PRINT MAGAZINES PUBLISHED

Dave Donovan

Independent Australia’s much awaited debut annual magazine has just been published.

4 July 2017, 4:00pm IA magazine print publications Ross Jones

SKETCH: Pauline Hanson’s dead cat

David Donovan

Something stinks in the heart of Canberra, and it smells a lot like Malcolm Turnbull and Pauline Hanson.

22 June 2017, 10:00pm Malcolm Turnbull Pauline Hanson David Donovan

Pauline Hanson's continuing legal saga with PHON ex-treasurer Ian Nelson

Ross Jones

Who is winning in One Nation's epic legal battles? And is their former treasurer Ian Nelson a whistleblower or a criminal?

22 June 2017, 8:00am Ross Jones @RPZJones Pauline Hanson

Hinch, Ashby and the AFP

David Donovan

As I write this, late in the afternoon on Tuesday 20 March 2017, I am in the Senate, in the Press Gallery, looking across at Derryn Hinch on the other side of [...]

20 June 2017, 7:00pm David Donovan editorial Independent Australia

Corruption — the Australian way

David Donovan

Last night, ABC Four Corners revealed what we already knew: that our Australian democracy is for sale to this highest bidder.

6 June 2017, 5:00pm David Donovan @davrosz Chris Uhlmann

George Brandis, James Ashby and One Nation's perfect storm

Ross Jones

Lightning bolts are armed and ready to be hurled into the heart of One Nation.

3 June 2017, 8:00am James Ashby George Brandis Estimates

What’s wrong inside One Nation?

Patrick Keane

Questions have been raised about the financial dealings of Pauline Hanson's One Nation since the party's inception.

29 May 2017, 7:30am Patrick Keane @pckeane2014 One Nation

Chill out: It's just James Ashby's 'innovative' One Nation merchandising

Jim Pembroke

Jim Pembroke takes an amusing look at James Ashby's brainstorming ideas for 'innovative' One Nation merchandising.

23 May 2017, 4:30pm James Ashby One Nation Pauline Hanson

EDITORIAL: James Ashby's party trick

David Donovan

James Ashby is a criminal, says managing editor Dave Donovan.

23 May 2017, 12:30pm James Ashby editorials Dave Donovan

One Nation candidates vent their outrage about WA, Ashby, Nagle and Hanson

Ross Jones

After the WA election, candidates speak out about the chaos, bullying and scamming in the One Nation "team".

25 March 2017, 8:00am One Nation James Ashby Ashbygate

IA Podcast #15: One Nation and Four Corners of James Ashby

David Donovan

Managing editor Dave Donovan talks to James Ashby expert Ross Jones about a bitter and disintegrating One Nation.

22 March 2017, 6:30pm Ross Jones Dave Donovan David Donovan

WA WA Land: Inside One Nation's Western Australian scampaign

Ross Jones

One Nation's WA election campaign has all the hallmarks of a con, says Ross Jones.

4 March 2017, 3:00pm Ross Jones WA WA election

Pauline Hanson lying high: The strange case of James Ashby's aeroplane

Ross Jones

Pauline Hanson crashes and burns as IA catches her out telling lies about her travel expenses and arrangements.

18 January 2017, 11:00am Pauline Hanson Ross Jones James Ashby

EXCLUSIVE: J. Ashby faces defamation action from former One Nation boss

Ross Jones

The fury in One Nation circles over Pauline Hanson's puppet-master James Ashby is now white hot, writes Ross Jones.

7 January 2017, 11:30am Ross Jones James Ashby Ashbygate

PHONE A FRIEND: Ashby Culleton feud throws One Nation white off the rails

Ross Jones

When One Nation staff don't immediately jump at James Ashby's every notion, he chucks a tantrum — and sometimes more than that.

18 November 2016, 12:30pm Margaret Manzer Ashbygate James Ashby

Ashby's grubs and f*ckheads: IA banned from speaking to Hanson's One Nation

David Donovan

In an abusive, expletive-strewn tirade, Ashbygate plotter James Ashby bans Independent Australia from speaking to his new host.

11 October 2016, 5:30pm James Ashby Ashbygate #Ashbygate

Podcast #9: David Donovan on James Ashby plus Ashbygate excerpt

David Donovan

In this exclusive member's only podcast, managing editor David Donovan discusses James Ashby's character and reads an excerpt from the Ashbygate book.

11 October 2016, 6:00am James Ashby David Donovan Dave Donovan

AFP drop Ashbygate: The rank stain

Ross Jones

The AFP's Ashbygate investigation was doomed from the start; a time-consuming sideshow to placate Twitter while the bodies were buried.

5 October 2016, 12:00pm Ross Jones #Ashbygate Ashbygate

Senator James Ashby: Why not?

Ross Jones

Is Ashbygate assassin James Ashby on the way to become a One Nation senator? Sydney bureau chief Ross Jones sees just four obstacles in his way.

22 September 2016, 11:00am Ashbygate Ross Jones Ashbygate book

Christopher 'The Clown' Pyne's pair despair conceals the Coalition's lies

Ross Jones

Christopher Pyne isn't happy with Labor playing hard-ball over pairings in the new Parliament. Sydney bureau chief Ross Jones laments the minister's appalling [...]

17 August 2016, 4:30pm Ashbygate Ross Jones @RPZJones

One Nation: Under new management

Ross Jones

Now under new management – that is, James Ashby – Pauline Hanson's One Nation has just had its first purge.

10 August 2016, 11:45am Ross Jones @RPZJones Pauline Hanson

IA Podcast #1: Dave Donovan interviews Ashbygate author Ross Jones

David Donovan

This week, Independent Australia releases a new feature exclusively for subscribers — the Independent Australia podcast, this time with Ross Jones.Thi

5 August 2016, 1:30pm David Donovan Ross Jones Ashbygate

James Ashby: Pauline Hanson's hand grenade

Ross Jones

A hand grenade is about to enter the House and its name is James Ashby, writes Sydney bureau chief Ross Jones.

7 July 2016, 12:01am Ross Jones James Ashby #Ashbygate

Ashby, Brough and the AFP: One week Flick and they're gone

Ross Jones

The AFP was yesterday granted access to all of James Ashby's phone records from his Federal Court case against Peter Slipper. Ashbygate investigator Ross [...]

20 May 2016, 10:30am James Ashby Federal Court Peter Slipper

Ashby's phone records, the AFP and Federal Court Justice Flick

Ross Jones

What is going on with the AFPs request to the Federal Court to get access to James Ashby's phone records? Ashbygate author Ross Jones reports.

13 May 2016, 11:00am Mal Brough AFP Peter Slipper

Game, set and match Slipper! Ashby and Harmers' final, costly, humiliation

Ashbygate Trust

In a final vindication, former Speaker Peter Slipper defeats James Ashby in the Federal Court yet again, leaving Ashby's lawyers to foot all of Slipper's [...]

27 April 2016, 9:30am James Ashby Peter Slipper leave to appeal

Malcolm and The People: Home after the honeymoon

David Donovan

The honeymoon is over and the Australian people are now back home, looking sideways at their smarmy new gadabout spouse, writes Dave Donovan.

29 February 2016, 11:30am David Donovan Dave Donovan @davrosz

Malcolm Thomas Brough: Born 1961. Sacked 2016

Ross Jones

The rat’s nest that is the Queensland LNP has decided Mal Brough does not meet its high standards and has sacked him, writes Ross Jones.

27 February 2016, 9:00am Ashbygate Mal Brough Malcolm Turnbull

AFP front Senate Estimates over endless Ashbygate investigation

Ross Jones

The AFP faced Senate Estimates last week to talk about the investigation into Mal Brough and others. It got weird.

15 February 2016, 11:00am Ashbygate #Ashbygate Andrew Colvin

Brough, Pyne and Roy — and News Corp's newfound interest in Ashbygate

Ross Jones

Why would Murdoch’s leading loss making masthead want to put the boot into Pyne and Roy over Ashbygate when it didn’t have to?

2 February 2016, 8:00am Ashbygate #Ashbygate Wyatt Roy

Forget the NBN! What Australia needs is a new palace for Lord Malcolm

David Donovan

Don't worry about the GST, or Ashbygate, or the Coalition wrecking the NBN and then gagging the ABC, what Australia really needs to talk about is building a [...]

1 February 2016, 4:30pm David Donovan Malcolm Turnbull ABC

The Morrison/Turnbull parallel

Bob Ellis

The trouble brewing round General Morrison, the Australian of the Year, parallels the trouble brewing round Turnbull, writes Bob Ellis.

1 February 2016, 10:00am Bob Ellis Malcolm Turnbull David Morrison Cate McGregor

Turnbull's dilemma

Bob Ellis

Turnbull will be involved in a lot of foreign policy announcement this year — and none of it will be any good for him, writes Bob Ellis.

20 January 2016, 11:00am Bob Ellis Ashbygate Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull, Nick Ross and the sad story of a broken ABC

David Donovan

The final shreds of the ABC's reputation have just fluttered away in the wind, writes managing editor David Donovan.

19 January 2016, 9:30am David Donovan ABC Nick Ross

Now the bad news: Brough luck, Malcolm

Bob Ellis

Malcolm’s fabled bad luck continues, writes Bob Ellis.

30 December 2015, 12:00pm Bob Ellis Mal Brough Ashbygate

Brough and Briggs booted as sneaky Turnbull takes out the summer trash

Ross Jones

Malcolm Turnbull ditches problem drinker Jamie Briggs and Ashbygate AFP target Mal Brough while everyone is on holidays. Ross Jones reports.

30 December 2015, 9:30am Ross Jones Ashbygate Jamie Briggs

Ashbygate Trust members respond to James Ashby’s smears and slurs

David Donovan

Ashbygate Trust members respond, in no uncertain terms, to James Ashby's scurrilous attacks on their independence.

24 December 2015, 11:00am James Ashby Ashbygate Trust #Ashbygate

Why should we be concerned by the destruction of Peter Slipper?

Ross Jones

In a speech at the official launch of his new book last week (10/12/15), Ashbygate: The Plot to Destroy Australia's Speaker author Ross Jones explains why [...]

16 December 2015, 1:00pm Ross Jones Ashbygate Mal Brough

Turnbull, Shorten and the next election

Bob Ellis

Bob Ellis is now convinced Shorten will win the next election.

13 December 2015, 6:00pm Bob Ellis Bill Shorten Malcolm Turnbull

The beginnings of Ashbygate

David Donovan

In a speech at the Ashbygate book launch on Thursday (10/12/15) in Caloundra, managing editor David Donovan explains how the book came to be.

13 December 2015, 1:00am Ross Jones Ashbygate #ashbygate

Seven days: The beginning of the end for Turnbull

Bob Ellis

Malcolm Turnbull's inability to deal with the actions of Brough, Morrison, Pyne et al, together with the Abbott legacy, have set in motion the end of the [...]

11 December 2015, 7:00am Bob Ellis Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull

Ashbygate launches: Big Bill, Brough and the book

Ross Jones

With Independent Australia launching the Ashbygate book today, author Ross Jones takes a look at the electoral battle for Fisher, Mal Brough’s seat, in the [...]

10 December 2015, 7:00am #Ashbygate Ashbygate Ross Jones

Ashbygate regime change: 'News will sort'

Ross Jones

As much as Mal Brough, Rupert Murdoch's News Limited is in the Ashbygate scandal up to its neck — but don't expect to read about that anywhere else. Ashb [...]

5 December 2015, 7:30am #Ashbygate Ashbygate Ross Jones

Public denunciation

Gee

Gee looks at the politics of denunciation.

4 December 2015, 2:00pm Gee cartoons satire

All the Prime Minister's men

Bob Ellis

A six to eight per cent swing in the North Sydney by-election is now inevitable as Brough, Pyne and Roy smirch the Turnbull Government with their "Ashbygate" [...]

4 December 2015, 7:00am #Ashbygate Malcolm Turnbull Mal Brough

Ashbygate book launch in Fisher adds to Mal's Brough trot

David Donovan

The launch of Ross Jones' new book, Ashbygate: The Plot to Destroy Australia’s Speaker, is adding to already mounting pressure for the resignation of [...]

3 December 2015, 11:00am Mal Brough James Ashby Peter Slipper

Mal Brough and his Federal Court 'exoneration'

Ross Jones

Mal Brough claims he was completely exonerated by the Federal Court in a case in which he was not even a party. Ashbygate investigator Ross Jones reviews the [...]

2 December 2015, 8:30am Mal Brough Federal Court Michael Danby

Steve Lewis and the evasions of Mal Brough — the Ashbygate lame duck

Ross Jones

Did Mal Brough get himself into even deeper trouble by his responses in Question Time yesterday? Ashbygate author Ross Jones says he now looks like a dead [...]

1 December 2015, 7:30am Mal Brough Peter Slipper Ashbygate

Infamous procurers

Gee

Startling new research by Gee has uncovered pimps, madams, breasts and a name that simply won't go away...

30 November 2015, 12:00pm Mal Brough Gee Ashbygate

The recurring James Ashby infects Mal Brough

Ross Jones

James Ashby pretends to be Turnbull Minister Mal Brough's mate, but Ashbygate investigator Ross Jones says it is more likely he seeks to damage him.

30 November 2015, 9:00am James Ashby Mal Brough Ashbygate

Corruption and incompetence flourish under Turnbull Government

Alan Austin

Events in November have reinforced the notion that the party of corruption, incompetence and criminality in Australia today is the Liberal Party. Alan [...]

28 November 2015, 12:00pm ICAC corruption Malcolm Turnbull

Book review: 'Ashbygate' by Ross Jones

Jennifer Meyer-Smith

IA fan, lawyer, former history teacher and self-confessed political tragic, Jennifer Meyer-Smith, reviews Ross Jones' book, 'Ashbygate'.

27 November 2015, 3:00pm Jennie Meyer-Smith Ross Jones Ashbygate

Defending the indefensible

Gee

The walking by-election, Mal Brough, is the minister no-one wants to stand up and defend.

26 November 2015, 4:30pm Mark Dreyfus Malcolm Turnbull Mal Brough

ASHBYGATE BOOK EXCERPT: Palmer accuses Brough of Ashby conspiracy

Ross Jones

Independent Australia publishes its first excerpt from Ross Jones' new Ashbygate book, to assist understanding of Clive Palmer renewing his allegations [...]

26 November 2015, 9:00am James Ashby Mal Brough Ashbygate. #Ashbygate

Dawn raids

Gee

An early morning exercise, with a twist of lemon.

21 November 2015, 3:00pm James Ashby AFP Ashbygate

The Ashby raid and the potential charges

Ross Jones

The AFP warrant served on James Ashby signals the beginning of the end of the saga that is Ashbygate, a plot hatched deep inside Liberal HQ to sacrifice [...]

18 November 2015, 4:00pm James Ashby Mal Brough Karen Doane

The worm turns as the AFP raids Ashby over Brough, Pyne and Roy

Ross Jones

Ashbygate roars back into life as the Australian Federal Police raid James Ashby's house, looking for material relating to three Turnbull Government frontb [...]

17 November 2015, 9:00pm Ashbygate Mal Brough Christopher Pyne

This is not a novel: The Ashbygate book and the back room man

Graham Jackson

Ashbygate author Ross Jones assures us in the introduction that 'this is not a novel' — yet this is precisely how much of the book unfolds, writes Graham [...]

25 October 2015, 11:00am Ashbygate Ross Jones Graham Jackson

The coming dust-up between Malcolm Talcum and big tough Mal Brough

Ross Jones

Watch out PM Malcolm Turnbull — Mal Brough is back, he's on the rise, he wants your job and based on past performance, he'll do just about anything to get [...]

7 October 2015, 10:30am Mal Brough Ashbygate Peter Slipper

Crime and punishment, the Liberal Party way

Bob Ellis

A thesis could be written on the Liberal Party and their definition of, and relationship to, the concept of 'crime', writes Bob Ellis.

29 September 2015, 12:30pm Bob Ellis Peter Dutton Scott Morrison

Mal Brough, Slipper's diary and the AFP

Ross Jones

News Corp and 60 Minutes are both reporting AFP investigations into Mal Brough over Slipper's diary, however Ashbygate investigator Ross Jones is doubtful the [...]

28 September 2015, 8:00am Ross Jones Mal Brough AFP

Malcolm Turnbull: Don't soil your ministry with Ashbygate liar Brough

Margo Kingston

Mal Brough was appointed to a key position in Malcolm Turnbull's new ministry, yet the Canberra Press Gallery ignore the Ashbygate controversy swirling around [...]

23 September 2015, 8:00am Ashby Conspiracy Liberal Party Margo Kingston

Malcolm Turnbull’s Ashbygate albatross: Special Minister Mal Brough lies again

David Donovan

Questions have been raised over Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s political judgement, after one of his new ministers, Mal Brough, last night allegedly lied [...]

22 September 2015, 12:00pm Mal Brough Ashbygate Emma Alberici

The end of Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull's new ministry

David Donovan

Managing editor David Donovan considers the downfall of Tony Abbott before considering Malcolm Turnbull's new ministry and what we can expect from the new PM [...]

21 September 2015, 10:00am Malcolm Turnbull David Donovan Mal Brough

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: The sitting duck

Ross Jones

Malcolm Turnbull has toppled Tony Abbott as Liberal leader and will become prime minister today. Sydney bureau chief Ross Jones says he's a sitting duck.

15 September 2015, 8:00am Malcolm Turnbull Ross Jones Tony Abbott

James Ashby and Pauline Hanson: Who loves ya, baby?

Ross Jones

Long a secret in the James Ashby texts, the Ashbygate Trust finally reveals the identity of LNP associate 'Kojak', which also explains how Ashby is now [...]

21 July 2015, 9:30am James Ashby Pauline Hanson Anthony McClellan

Eulogy for Brock Turner

David Donovan

A non-religious celebration of the life of Ashbygate Trust creator Brock Turner was held at the Southport Golf Club yesterday (Saturday 18/7/15), at which [...]

19 July 2015, 12:00pm Brock Turner Noely Neate Southport Golf Club

A tale of Two Speakers: Slippery Pete and Chopper Bishop

Bob Ellis

Bob Ellis considers the vastly different and manifestly unfair treatment of former Speaker Peter Slipper compared to that of disgraced current Speaker Bronwyn [...]

16 July 2015, 7:00pm Bronwyn Bishop Peter Slipper Speaker

RIP Brock Turner: The power of social media

Noely Neate

Brock Turner typified what can be great about Twitter, writes Noely Neate: that just because you can’t physically get on the dance floor and strut your [...]

13 July 2015, 10:00am Brock Turner Noely Neate Twitter

Vale Brock Turner: Geezlouise! The hero of Ashbygate is gone

David Donovan

Feeling very sad. My good friend Brock Turner died this week, writes IA editor Dave Donovan.

11 July 2015, 11:00pm David Donovan Brock Turner Ashbygate

The LNP and their Billy Gordon dirt file

David Donovan

Brave Indigenous MP Billy Gordon refuses to bow down to the cynical smear campaign of the Courier-Mail and the LNP. Managing editor David Donovan comments on [...]

8 April 2015, 6:00pm David Kempton Billy Gordon dirt files

Dr Evan Jones: IA exposes bank corruption

Dr Evan Jones

Independent Australia has done more to expose banking fraud and corruption than, perhaps, any other contemporary Australian publication. One of its major [...]

26 March 2015, 4:35pm Evan Jones bank corruption banking draud

Michael Danby MP: The costly persecution of Peter Slipper

Michael Danby MP

During an appropriations debate in Parliament this week (3/3/15), Labor MP Michael Danby reflected on the public resources spent pursuing former Speaker Peter [...]

7 March 2015, 12:05am Michael Danby James Ashby Peter Slipper

Slipper not guilty as the political wind changes

Ashbygate Trust

Peter Slipper wins his appeal against a conviction relating to $900 worth of cabcharge vouchers, while the Federal Police continues its investigation into Mal [...]

28 February 2015, 10:30am Peter Slipper Ashbygate Trust Mal Brough

Trailblazing independent journalism

Peter Wicks

Independent media sources are vital to democracy, crucial to Australia and essential if we expect to live in an informed society, writes Peter Wicks.

24 February 2015, 4:00pm Peter Wicks journalism mainstream media

EXCLUSIVE: AFP refer James Ashby to CDPP over perjury allegation

Ashbygate Trust

The Ashbygate Trust reveals that Federal Police have investigated allegations James Ashby perjured himself in his court case against Peter Slipper and have [...]

19 February 2015, 12:00pm Michael Danby Ashbygate Trust CDPP

Australia's progressive voice

David Donovan

For a publication that operates on a shoestring budget, IA punches above its weight, writes managing editor David Donovan.

17 February 2015, 5:30pm David Donovan Independent Australia IA

James Ashby and the $3 million costs conundrum

Ashbygate Trust

James Ashby is up for $3 million in costs after an adverse judgement by the Federal Court in the Peter Slipper matter, so why isn't he worried? The Ashbygate [...]

12 February 2015, 12:00pm James Ashby Michael Harmer Peter Slipper

Abbott's Libspill: A strange mutiny

Ross Jones

What Twitter has been calling the #Libspill was nothing more than a confection culminating in a controlled explosion, concludes Sydney bureau chief Ross [...]

10 February 2015, 7:30am Ross Jones #Libspill Rupert Murdoch

The split

Gee

The used to plot and play together, but now it all seems to be falling apart — whatever happened to the sweet love shared by Mal and Tony?

4 February 2015, 7:30am Mal Brough Tony Abbott Abbott leadership

Tony Abbott's Brough replacement

Ross Jones

What Australia needs now is a new Prime Minister. And that man is Malcolm Brough. Ross Jones explains.

1 February 2015, 7:30am Tony Abbott Ross Jones Tony Abbott

The Great Abbott Cabinet Reshuffle

Ross Jones

Sydney bureau chief Ross Jones ponders Tony Abbott's new team and wonders: where is Mal Brough?

22 December 2014, 8:30am Tony Abbott Mal Brough Arthur Sinodinos

Bob Ellis at Summer Hill

Bob Ellis

There were many memorable moments from last Friday's outstandingly successful IA event at the Summer Hill Hotel in Sydney, but none more so than the brilliant [...]

28 November 2014, 9:30am Bob Ellis Summer Hill Hotel Ross Jones

IA at the Summer Hill Hotel, Sydney, 21 November

David Donovan

Come along to Summer Hill in Sydney on Friday, 21 November to meet the Independent Australia team, get up-to-date and have a great night out.

28 October 2014, 12:05am IA IA events David Donovan

Wyatt Roy’s Ashbygate revelations send Christopher into a world of Pyne

Ashbygate Trust

An evasive Christopher Pyne sinks further into the Ashbygate mire after some surprising revelations on Sunday by Longman MP Wyatt Roy. The Ashbygate Trust [...]

17 September 2014, 8:00am James Ashby Ashbygate Wyatt Roy

Flick’s ruling an Ashbygate gamechanger

Ashbygate Trust

Today, Thursday 11 September 2014, was the turning point in the Ashbygate saga. The shoes have changed feet, writes the Ashbygate Trust.

11 September 2014, 9:00pm Peter Slipper Geoffrey Flick Justice Rares

The granny flat

Gee

Needing a quick approval to build a North Shore granny flat, Linday 'Family Man' Partridge seeks out the Monk...

9 September 2014, 4:30pm Gee cartoons satire

Michael Danby refers James Ashby to Federal DPP

Ashbygate Trust

Melbourne Ports MP Michael Danby alleges James Ashby has perjured himself by his comments on 60 Minutes last night. The Ashbygate Trust reports.

8 September 2014, 7:30pm Michael Danby Peter Slipper Melbourne Ports

60 Minutes of James Ashby

Ashbygate Trust

When does an hour seem like a lot longer? When you’re watching 60 Minutes. The Ashbygate Trust looks at the revelations that were meant to rock the Abbott [...]

8 September 2014, 12:05am James Ashby 60 Minutes Tony Abbott

The Ashbygate 60 Minutes sweepstake

Ashbygate Trust

With 60 Minutes airing promos saying James Ashby is about to reveal.. err … revelations that will “rock the Government” the Ashbygate Trust, fresh from [...]

5 September 2014, 12:01am Ashbygate Trust Clive Palmer Christopher Pyne

The Peter Slipper conviction and the AFP

Ross Jones

There is no doubt about the Australian Federal Police, says Sydney bureau chief Ross Jones — after four years investigation, they have finally gotten their [...]

29 July 2014, 11:00am Peter Slipper Tony Abbott Canberra wineries

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