EDITORIAL EXCERPT: The Coalition’s phony war over coal

14 Mar 2019 |  

A matter of borders: Julian Burnside appears for IA

8 Mar 2019 | Barrister and human rights advocate Julian Burnside gave an address at an Independent Australia ...  

January 26 continues to divide the nation

30 Jan 2019 | Once again, January 26 has become a rallying point for white supremacists and the source of ...  

The Coalition invokes nationalism and the culture of fear ahead of 2019 Election

29 Jan 2019 | Because the Coalition Government is so pitifully bereft of policy, its only option is to fight the ...  

Scott Morrison's Australia Day farce

23 Jan 2019 | Morrison’s attempt to upgrade 26 January's national significance reflects its appropriation by ...  

The ANZACS: Ransacked by the Right

24 Nov 2018 | The ANZAC myth has been constructed to serve conservative interests, writes Bruce Haigh.  

Paving the way for independence: Citizen’s Day instead of Queen's Birthday

1 Oct 2018 | Is it time we cut the apron strings and replaced the outdated Queen's Birthday occasion with a ...  

Harper Nielsen's call to take a ‘stand' on the national anthem

26 Sep 2018 | Harper Nielsen one small action may have taken a stand that will change the very song Australia ...  

Yes we can... rewrite the Australian Constitution

31 May 2018 | Australia's Constitution is archaic, irrelevant and in dire need of a more modern update, writes ...  

Review: 'This Time: Australia's Republican Past and Future'

18 Mar 2018 | Romaine Rutnam reviews Dr Benjamin T. Jones' new book calling for a Republic of Australia based on ...  

Commonwealth Employment Service: The pitfalls of privatisation

18 Mar 2018 | Darren Rexter examines the ways in which the privatisation of the Commonwealth Employment Service ...  

Advance Australia fairly (Part 3)

11 Mar 2018 | Tom Orren concludes his three-part series on how the laws of economics could help us create a fair ...  

Advance Australia fairly (Part 2)

4 Mar 2018 | Tom Orren continues his three-part series on how the laws of economics could help us create a fair ...  

Advance Australia fairly (Part 1)

25 Feb 2018 | Tom Orren begins his three-part series into how the laws of economics could help us create a fair ...  

On Invasion Day, I heard Australia screaming

6 Feb 2018 | Calls for Tarneen Onus-Williams to resign from the Koori Youth Council are confected outrage ...  

Trains, strikes and the right to break unjust laws

29 Jan 2018 | The weekend's Invasion Day protests are symbolic of a growing undercurrent of dissatisfaction  ...  

Australia Day: Changing the date changes nothing

23 Jan 2018 | Changing the date will not resolve anything without a Treaty, recognition of sovereignty and ...  

Can you pass the Straya citizenship test?

28 Jun 2017 | Minister for Immigration and Border Security Peter Dutton has unwittingly released to IA a copy of ...