Review: ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck'

3 Sep 2017 | Brooke Murphy reviews ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck', a self-help book with a differe ...  

The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

1 Sep 2017 | Kevin Bain reviews Patrick Kingsley's new book on the European refugee odyssey — 'their despe ...  

Australia's structural inequality: Banking and the 'Game of Mates'

30 Aug 2017 | While a small group of mates continue to profit at the majority's expense, a growing number of ...  

Green Day biography on my bookshelf: ‘Nobody Likes You’

12 Aug 2017 | Brooke Murphy reviews Nobody Likes You, a book about one of the biggest punk bands in the world ...  

Australia's treatment of asylum seekers: Never Walk Away

23 Jul 2017 | Ursula le Guin's powerful short story 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' offers a powerful ...  

Cardinal: The story of abuse, cover-up and arrogance in the Catholic Church

7 Jul 2017 | Doc Martin very carefully reviews Louise Milligan's sensational new book 'Cardinal'.  

'White Queen' Hanson, 'Black Prince' Howard and the politics of racism

31 May 2017 | 'The White Queen: One Nation and the Politics of Race' leaves important questions unanswered ...  

Australia's economy is at the mercy of a 'Game of Mates'

2 May 2017 | Theft across major sectors of Australia's economy is a Game of Mates where billions are syphoned ...  

Understanding Orwell: His teachings in a time of extremes

12 Mar 2017 | The renewed embrace of George Orwell by the media and politicians reveals a deep misunderstanding ...  

Review — 'Not Quite Australian: How temporary migration is changing the nation'

18 Dec 2016 | Kevin Bain reviews Peter Mares new book, 'Not Quite Australian: How temporary migration is ...  

New books and Australian made polo shirts in the IA store

11 Dec 2016 | Independent Australia is doing much more than Malcolm and Scott to support Australian made prod ...  

Review: 'Finding a way' by Graeme Innes

8 Nov 2016 | Kevin Bain reviews former Deputy Human Rights Commissioner Graeme Innes AM's autobiography, ' ...  

'Bob Ellis: In His Own Words' launch and review

6 Nov 2016 | The best of Bob Ellis book 'In His Own Words' is a modern classic — and so was Bill Shorten's ...  

Media Sauce: Was Chris Mitchell running the country?

12 Oct 2016 | Mitchell's constant references to getting drunk might account for the lapses in taste, judgment ...  

Grim news from Cape Grim alerts novelists not Turnbull Government

10 Oct 2016 | Cape Grim news confirms scientists' worst climate change fears and inspires writers but not the ...  

Climate gadfly coins literary term to save the planet – 'Cli-Fi'

7 Oct 2016 | Meet Dan Bloom, an eccentric and irrepressible American climate missionary who invented the word ...  

Lionel Shriver's identity politics speech: Simply racist and objectionable

28 Sep 2016 | 'This is not an issue of ethnic minorities learning to share but of white society learning to ...  

Australia's ongoing cultural cringe

19 Jun 2016 | Australia's inferiority complex is alive and well and needs to change before we lose our best and ...