The Coalition invokes nationalism and the culture of fear ahead of 2019 Election

29 Jan 2019 | Because the Coalition Government is so pitifully bereft of policy, its only option is to fight the ...  

Murray-Darling collapse: Carelessness and corruption beyond caring

29 Jan 2019 | The collapse of the Darling River system and, with it, the Murray-Darling Basin Authority and Plan ...  

Independent Australia's Bloody Idiot of the Week — Episode 02: ScoMo's red hot go!

28 Jan 2019 | ScoMo stars in Episode 02 of IA's new series covering political blunders, faux pas and politicians ...  

No one is buying the Coalition's neoliberal message

28 Jan 2019 | Despite tax cuts and an ongoing fear campaign, the Coalition Government is gone, writes Canberra ...  

No captain’s picks in an Australian republic

26 Jan 2019 | Scott Morrison has chosen the next Governor-General without any consultation. The captain’s ...  

Democracy is not just about elections

25 Jan 2019 | The Economist recently published their annual ‘Democracy Index’, warning that democracy is in ...  

Wren's week: Australia Day, Mundine and Liberal women

25 Jan 2019 | This week, John Wren takes a look at our PM's poor decisions over Australia Day and Warren Mund ...  

Power plant failure validates coal inefficiency

24 Jan 2019 | With renewable energy being a hot topic leading up to the Election, a recent power failure may ...  

Is Scott Morrison the mediocre man who has risen above his station?

24 Jan 2019 | With talk in the media about Scott Morrison's fascination with Captain Cook, Noely Neate unders ...  

EDITORIAL: Sketchy GC Mayor Tom Tate lies — local Murdoch rag covers it up

23 Jan 2019 | Gold Coast developer mayor Tom Tate has brazenly lied about his longstanding business relationship ...  

MP's Wrap: Over Cooked Muppets

23 Jan 2019 | Ever since the PM proclaimed "the curtains have come down on [the] Muppet Show", each week has, ...  

Scott Morrison's Australia Day farce

23 Jan 2019 | Morrison’s attempt to upgrade 26 January's national significance reflects its appropriation by ...  

What is political bias?

23 Jan 2019 | Having been accused of political bias, John Lord examines how deeply this concept is ingrained in ...  

The challenges of overpopulation

22 Jan 2019 | The challenges of a stressed Earth go beyond the rhetoric of both capitalism and socialism.  

Private health insurance: A bipartisan con job

21 Jan 2019 | Successive Coalition governments continue to undermine Medicare and the modern Labor Party seems ...  

Fascism, free speech and Facebook bans

21 Jan 2019 | Canberra correspondent John Passant finds himself on the wrong side of Facebook's "community stan ...  

Nuclear arms: A year of living dangerously

20 Jan 2019 | Last January, the Doomsday Clock was moved to two minutes to midnight — the closest it has ever ...