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3 Jan 2024 | Independent Australia is mourning the loss of John Pilger — a true legend.

28 Dec 2023 | This razor sharp November story on Qantas by venerated IA columnist Dr Lee Duffield was deser ...

16 Dec 2023 | Happy roustabout working away at Gowangardie woolshed, Victoria.

8 Dec 2023 | Nestled in the foothills of Victoria's Great Dividing Range, Noojee is home to the spectacular ...

2 Dec 2023 | A young Paul Kelly raises his guitar to the crowd after a street concert in Melbourne's CBD.

18 Nov 2023 | Australian record executive-royalty Michael Gudinski AM posing with his "pride and joy", a sig ...

11 Nov 2023 | A bell-ringer, mid-climb: St David's Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania.

8 Nov 2023 | How Australia’s pride and joy came to be symbolised by a disruptive reedy-toned foreign yuppie ...

4 Nov 2023 | Welcome to November, which in recent years has been regarded as Australian Music Month... in some ...

4 Nov 2023 | Magda Szubanski is an Australian comedy icon and performer. She is an LGBTQ+-rights advocate a ...

28 Oct 2023 | Reflective beauty: Tasmania's sixth-highest mountain is situated in Cradle Mountain-Lake St ...

27 Oct 2023 | It has come to my attention that this nation-state is in something of a sorry state.

21 Oct 2023 | Brothers Mathew and Edwin Lasich living on the land in Dargo, Victoria, 1990.

14 Oct 2023 | Late, great, Indigenous singer/songwriter Archie Roach — Heidelberg, Melbourne, 1991

7 Oct 2023 | Former athlete Cathy Freeman pictured during training at Melbourne’s Olympic Park in preparation ...

15 Aug 2023 | Soccer fans witnessed an epic showdown as Australia claimed an exciting victory against France on ...

13 Aug 2023 | This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.

11 Aug 2023 | There is an alternative date for Australia Day that holds historical significance and would be a ...

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