Academics and The Australian go up in smoke

22 Jun 2014 | Prominent Australian professors have been caught out making false statements in the tobacco wars ...  

DSP recipients aren't relaxing in a hammock, Eric

9 Jun 2014 | On Q&A in February, disability support pension recipient Daniel Turner questioned Eric Abetz about ...  

Abbot Point (Part 4): Government conceals toxic dredge spoil danger

26 May 2014 | Lachlan Barker continues his explosive investigation into Abbot Pt coal port project, this time ...  

AHPRA investigated and found wanting — again

20 May 2014 | Pediatric surgeon Professor Paddy Dewan has been hounded by the Australian Medical Board since ...  

Submission to Pink Batts Royal Commission (Part Two): The critical need for speed

19 May 2014 | Following his reports on economic stimulus in Independent Australia and elsewhere, Alan Austin was ...  

Think For Yourself: Perception

18 May 2014 | This week IA critical thinker John Turnbull takes a look at human perception and examines the ...  

Pink Batts Royal Commission media fail on Garrett's impressive testimony

15 May 2014 | Coverage of the Home Insulation Royal Commission by the mainstream media has been truly appalling. ...  

What if Abbott and his cronies are just a bunch of psychopaths?

13 May 2014 | The latest revelations about the Abbott Government have led psychologist Lyn Bender to wonder: is ...  

Submission to Pink Batts Royal Commission (Part One): Extraordinary success in averting recession

12 May 2014 | Following his reports on economic stimulus in Independent Australia and elsewhere, Alan Austin ...  

Act on climate change for the sake of the future — Doctors’ orders

7 Apr 2014 | At their annual conference in March, Doctors for the Environment Australia said the debate about ...  

Think for Yourself: Chemtrails

24 Mar 2014 | This week, critical thinker John Turnbull turns his skeptical eye toward that skybound harbinger ...  

Hunger strike against medical negligence and corruption

9 Mar 2014 | Helen Stanley-Clarke went into hospital in 2008 for a hernia repair operation, but she ended up ...  

Think for Yourself: Homeopathy

6 Mar 2014 | This week, IA facts man man John Turnbull takes a look at the interesting hypothesis that like ...  

Allowing alcohol advertising during kid's viewing times

6 Mar 2014 | Why is there a loophole allowing alcohol to be advertised during children's viewing times during ...  

NHMRC review finds no evidence for wind turbine syndrome

5 Mar 2014 | A review of wind farms by Australia's leading health research body has concluded there is no ...  

'Personal responsibility' won't solve Australia's obesity crisis

4 Mar 2014 | The argument for personal responsibility as the obesity solution falls down pretty quickly when we ...  

Drugs in sport: Time to end the war

3 Mar 2014 | With drugs in sport leaping back into the news, Simon Tatz says it's time for sports administra ...  

Roy Spencer calls people who accept climate science ‘Nazis’

26 Feb 2014 | Creationist climate change skeptic Dr Roy Spencer has come up with a name for people who call him ...