Politics
Reviews and audits ignored as environment faces existential crises

In 2009, the first independent review of the Federal Environment Protection & Biodiversity Con ...  
McManus says disappointing pay rise short-changes workers

Fair Work Commission’s paltry pay rise will leave many Australian workers struggling to feed ...  
Moselmane, Liu, Chinese spies and AFP raids

China has become that most convenient of cartoon villains in primary school-style politics.  
Rainbow of change for LGBT+ rights

Equal rights for gay and lesbian people have been hard-fought and progress has been painfully ...  
Politics in the Park proves popular

Candidates present policies at a community forum as Eden-Monaro by-election nears.  
The birth of Federal ICAC Now

Independent Australia readers have registered their interest in joining a single-issue political ...  
Unemployment numbers likely worse than projected

Unemployment in Australia has been baking for a long time.  
Too many sheep have ruined the paddock

The world population in 1950 was about 2.6 billion; today, in one human lifetime, it is about 7.6 ...  
Wren's Week: Conservatives blame Dan Andrews for second COVID-19 wave

Right-wing politicians and reporters have targeted Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews as responsible ...  
Victory for Andrews Labor Government as anti-wage theft law is passed

The Andrews Government has had a victory in Victoria with the passing of new laws that will serve ...  
The madness of a gas-led recovery and what you can do about it

The Government's reliance on the gas industry is killing our planet, but medical professionals are ...  
Branch stacking rife across all political parties

Branch stacking has been a problem across all political parties. Peter Wicks looks at ways to ...  
First step to economic recovery is a change in political thinking

A return to a strong post-pandemic economy will require our governments to rethink their political ...  
Staff and unions need to take up the fight for the ABC

The ones who should be fighting the hardest to save the ABC are those whose jobs depend on it and ...  
Scott Morrison's robodebt to society

Labor has joined the Greens' call for a royal commission into "robodebt" — an unlawful Morrison ...  
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'The NBN is finished': What's next?

The Government's NBN plan is undeveloped and lacklustre, writes Paul Budde.  
Proposed university changes undercut value of education

Large-scale changes for Australian universities, ostensibly an emergency move for COVID-19, look ...  
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