The Boer War beginning of global press manipulation

5 Feb 2012 | There has been a great deal of coverage recently in the Leveson Inquiry on the manipulative ...  

A house divided

30 Jan 2012 | “Exclusionary nationalism is a sickness caused by the divisive and opportunistic leadership of ...  

Australia Day in black and white

26 Jan 2012 | AUSTRALIA DAY IN BLACK AND WHITE "Many of our people call it invasion day," said Mr Mick Dodson ...  

100th anniversary of 1912 Brisbane General Strike

18 Jan 2012 |  

The sad cherub of Susannah

16 Jan 2012 |   "Winged cherubs are often found on gravestones for babies from the early colonial peri ...  

A woman's work

15 Jan 2012 | [caption id="attachment_13123" align="alignleft" caption="Mabel Engeman (pictured in 1914)"][/c ...  

Our history does early Australian convict women a grave injustice

13 Jan 2012 | Early female convicts transported to Australia have had their reputations unfairly tarnished by ...  

Australia’s oldest Republican Party turns 30

12 Jan 2012 | Last night the Republican Party of Australia celebrated its 30th Birthday with a lavish dinner in ...  

Real inglorious bastards

8 Jan 2012 | Most Vietnam veterans are the finest of men, says fellow veteran and bestselling author Don ...  

The repellant Australian poetry scene

30 Dec 2011 | Independent Australia managing editor David Donovan has been repelled by the self-obsessed, ...  

Ned Kelly and the North-Eastern Victorian Republican Movement

19 Dec 2011 |   TOP 10 IA STORIES OF 2011 This February republishing of a 2003 speech by distingui ...  

IA EXCLUSIVE: Barrie Cassidy with ''My Dad's War''

15 Dec 2011 | Prominent journalist and broadcaster Barrie Cassidy tells the gripping story of his father's World ...  

Consulting not leading an enemy of the Australian Republic

5 Dec 2011 | Dr John Hirst, in the final part of his 2011 National Republic Lecture, says the third main enemy ...  

Remembering the Eureka Stockade

1 Dec 2011 | December 1s t this year is 157th the anniversary of the Eureka Stockade — which was a truly ...  

Billy Snedden and the advantage of being Speaker

25 Nov 2011 | [caption id="attachment_11787" align="alignleft" caption="by contributing editor-at-large Tess ...  

Anzac betrayed

14 Nov 2011 | What happens when the platoon you served in during Vietnam disappears off your military record and ...  

Britain: please return Australia's birth certificate

12 Sep 2011 | Matthew Flinders’ original 1804 map contains what is thought to be the first reference to the ...  

Rediscovery of Ned Kelly's bones only part of the story

5 Sep 2011 | In a stunning Independent Australia exclusive, Brad Webb from Iron Outlaw looks at the history and ...