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EDITORIAL: The manosphere's Third Wave threatens democracy

In 1967, a California teacher turned a history class into a movement in five days. Today, the same ...  
The corporations paying diddly squat in tax, putting the burden on the rest of us

It's not too presumptuous for the community to expect legitimate tax loopholes to be eliminated ...  
AI could make smart cities more liveable and responsive to community needs

AI represents an important next stage in the evolution of smart cities.  
Asia-Pacific's fight against poverty shows progress and promise

Decades of progress in reducing poverty across Asia-Pacific offer hope for a more equitable ...  
Australia’s AI ambitions expose the folly of short-term broadband policy

Australia’s costly detour through copper-based NBN connections showed what happens when national ...  
Democracy belongs to the people, not the political machine

Democracy must extend beyond the ballot box, with meaningful public participation, greater acco ...  
Frydenberg flirts with political comeback despite past blunders

Josh Frydenberg was in the news this week, using his book launch to hint at a return to politics ...  
Existing tech could be used for Australians to have their say on policy

A plan for Australians to have more of a direct say on policy decisions will also level the ...  
Café protest of vile One Nation video makes Lee Hanson sad

Pauline Hanson's daughter Lee has hurt feelings because her local café took a stand against One ...  
Time to unfurl a new Australian flag for Brisbane 2032

With Brisbane 2032 on the horizon, Australia has a golden opportunity to ditch its colonial-era ...  
Tackling loneliness: Leadership needed from Federal Government

Australia needs a Federal Minister for Loneliness and Social Connection to provide leadership on ...  
Sorry AI and war are pushing prices up but it is what it is

AI and war contributed to this week's interest rate rise. Everyone is sorry; no one is resp ...  
Australia’s demographic future demands a rethink

Australia must confront falling fertility, an ageing population and growing skills shortages with ...  
IA interviews AI: Doomsday, oligarchs and extinction

With warnings of an AI-fuelled apocalypse growing louder, Independent Australia went straight to ...  
Organised misogyny radicalisation becoming national security issue

Today's boys are being fed entitlement and grievance — women are cast as the enemy who took some ...  
One Nation's jittery demagoguery leads immigration policy

Bidding wars and nonsense targets are the focus of immigration policy in Canberra, with the ...  
Phil Cleary on the Swans, Hanson and ending violence against women

Violence against women remains one of Australia’s most urgent social problems, and tackling it ...  
Government’s anti-racism response exposes a glaring double standard

Australia’s response to discrimination reveals stark inequalities in how antisemitism, Islamo ...  

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