Democracy
Michael Moore talks about life among the one per cent

Michael Moore is one of the world’s most successful documentary makers. Despite his wealth, he ...  
The void in Australian politics

There is a void in the Australian politics ready to be filled by a new party committed to impro ...  
Occupy Gold Coast says - we are the 99 per cent!

The Occupy Gold Coast occupation started in Surfers Paradise today. Organisers say three slogans ...  
If Australia becomes a republic, we'll end up like [insert dictatorship]

Lewis Holden debunks the absurd monarchist assertion that Republics always become evil despotic ...  
Mainstream press censor stories that threaten status quo

For several years now, Project Censored have produced annual reports on the stories the mainstream ...  
Political parties and the dumbing down of democracy

Independent candidate for Lalor James Johnson says that when it comes to dumbing down democracy ...  
Tyrant Tony trashes democracy

By denying the Australian Government representation at Margaret Olley’s funeral, Tony Abbott ...  
Rob Oakeshott and 'vested interest' controlled party politics

For championing true representative democracy against party politics controlled by shadowy vested ...  
Is a lack of public trust causing the downfall of Western democracy?

As Europeans and Americans lose faith in public institutions, is Western democracy starting to ...  
America held hostage to two-party failure: Government of, by and for corporations

As the world edges closer to financial meltdown over a failure to raise the US debt ceiling, are ...  
IA’s campaign to reform Australia’s dodgy media landscape

Independent Australia should be grateful for the dismal state of the Australian media, because the ...  
Proportional representation to fix our rotten democracy

There is something rotten in the state of Australian democracy, says Dr Klaas Woldring. He sugg ...  
Parties have destroyed the credibility of our democracy

Nearly a year since the last federal election, Alex Gunther responds to how the party machines ...  
Swearing continues at the Queen?

In 2009, a Queensland Parliamentary Committee recommended future politicians should have the ...  
Struggling for democracy after the dodgy SA election

Mark Aldridge talks about his struggle for democracy after last years "dodgy" South Australian ...  
Australian Republicans'' long struggle for liberty, sovereignty and democracy

An Australian Republic is about much more than just having an Australian head of state, says Dr ...  
Ban brutal despots and dictators from the royal wedding

The UK Republican Movement, Republic, yesterday wrote to Kate Middleton and Prince William calling ...  
Do our governments do what we want?

The carbon tax and the flood levy—are they examples of the Government doing what it wants rather ...  
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