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How to discuss population growth without the racism

With Australia now returning to its pre-COVID population growth, people are asking how much ...  
Rapid Antigen Test scandal reveals Morrison's cruelty

While many countries have offered free testing kits, the Liberal Government is determined to serve ...  
Government COVID response a series of policy failures

The Federal Government's pandemic strategy has been a series of mistakes that could have easily ...  
#6 TOP STORY OF 2021: Avi Yemini and his fellow fascists are anything but journalists

What a boon has the bane of Australian fascism, Tom Tanuki, been to the columns of IA. This ...  
Why the Coalition must fund COVID treatment for the unvaccinated

Singapore has decided not to fund COVID treatment for its unvaccinated, to increase vaccine ...  
Blowing the whistle on umpire abuse

Sporting organisations must do more to look after their umpires' mental health and well-being ...  
People living with disability have a dignified right to sex

Graeme Sparkes reviews a new memoir that explores the bond a mother shares with her son who is ...  
Sexual abuse survival: How one woman's story helped heal another

Dr Jennifer Wilson's own account of sexual abuse survival acknowledges Grace Tame, whose fierce ...  
One person's metaverse is another's dystopian reality

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta: an attempt at rebranding Facebook's sullied image, a cool new virtual ...  
Sex and disability: The right to intimate connection

In this personal account, a mother explores the health and quality-of-life benefits of sex work in ...  
Incarceration: How Australia fails its vulnerable

Political will is needed to end the abomination that is Australia's punitive carceral estate — a ...  
IA Book Club: 'Memoirs Of A Rebel — Black Market Shooting'

Lindy Kittel explores a new book by Kon Georgiou, which reveals his life as a bikie and how he ...  
IA Book Club: 'Why You Should Give A F*ck About Farming'

Revelly Robinson explores a book that looks at how we take food security for granted and why we ...  
Facebook rebrand: Why Meta is not better

Critics of Facebook believe its recent name change is merely a smokescreen, meant to distract us ...  
Avi Yemini and his ilk are anything but journalists

Right-wing propagandists calling themselves citizen journalists are nothing more than frauds and ...  
Australia needs a federal human rights act

A human rights act would repair much of the damage caused by the Government's lack of compassion ...  
Tudge flags freedom of speech while whitewashing Australia's past

Education Minister Alan Tudge continues to argue that an obscure version of our history – one ...  
Iconic Afghanistan: Life before war

Photography campaign Prints for Afghanistan preserves a memory of the country, pre-Taliban, ...  
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