Michelle Pini

• Michelle Pini is Independent Australia's managing editor as well as a Melbourne freelance writer and broadcaster. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications.

  Michelle holds a Masters of Communication and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences. Her prior marketing career within the wine industry spanned over 20 years and included corporate management roles as well as her own marketing consultancy.

  Michelle is an enthusiastic advocate for social equity, human rights and the environment, and an active community member. She lives in Melbourne with her partner and two daughters.

  You can follow Michelle on Twitter @vmp9 or check out her blog here. 

Articles written by Michelle Pini (199)

• 13 August 2020 | Mainstream media holds politicians to account — some of them, sometimes
• 12 August 2020 | EDITORIAL: Mainstream media holds politicians to account — some of them, sometimes
• 6 August 2020 | Jim's Mowing and Karen's Bunnings dangerous adventures
• 5 August 2020 | EDITORIAL: Jim's Mowing and Karen's Bunnings dangerous adventures
• 30 July 2020 | Frydenberg exhumes Thatcher and Reagan to bring back morbid inequality
• 29 July 2020 | EDITORIAL: Frydenberg exhumes Thatcher and Reagan to bring back morbid inequality
• 23 July 2020 | Morrison cancels Parliament due to COVID-19 — and Dan Andrews
• 22 July 2020 | EDITORIAL: Morrison cancels Parliament due to COVID-19 — and Dan Andrews
• 16 July 2020 | Dan damned — Scott scot-free
• 15 July 2020 | EDITORIAL: Dan damned — Scott scot-free
• 25 June 2020 | Scott Morrison's robodebt to society
• 24 June 2020 | EDITORIAL: Scott Morrison's robodebt to society
• 18 June 2020 | Top 9 Coalition scandals bigger than the 60 Minutes Labor beat-up
• 17 June 2020 | EDITORIAL: Top 9 Coalition scandals bigger than the 60 Minutes beat-up
• 11 June 2020 | All lies matter: Even Abbott's award
• 10 June 2020 | EDITORIAL: All lies matter — even Abbott's award
• 4 June 2020 | Morrison's smugness rubs off on Australians
• 3 June 2020 | EDITORIAL: Morrison's smugness rubs off on Australians
• 28 May 2020 | Josh and Scotty from Marketing: 9 reasons why we're not all in this together
• 27 May 2020 | EDITORIAL: Josh and Scotty: 9 ways YOU’RE all in this together
• 21 May 2020 | Morrison picks fight with China — Australia left holding the barley
• 20 May 2020 | EDITORIAL: Morrison picks fight with China — Australia left holding the barley
• 14 May 2020 | Jones and Morrison: Doing right by our country’s double standards
• 13 May 2020 | EDITORIAL: Jones and Morrison doing right by our country’s double standards
• 7 May 2020 | Why does the Morrison Government loathe Daniel Andrews?
• 6 May 2020 | EDITORIAL: Why does the Morrison Government loathe Daniel Andrews?
• 30 April 2020 | The pros and cons of the COVIDsafe spy app
• 29 April 2020 | EDITORIAL: The pros and cons of the COVIDsafe spy app
• 23 April 2020 | 9 reasons why Scott Morrison isn’t our Big Daddy
• 22 April 2020 | EDITORIAL: 9 reasons why Scott Morrison isn’t our Big Daddy
• 9 April 2020 | Morrison Government stimulus: No means of support for millions
• 8 April 2020 | EDITORIAL: Morrison Government stimulus — no means of support for millions
• 2 April 2020 | Broken mirrors: 7 years bad luck under the ATM (Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison) Govt
• 1 April 2020 | EDITORIAL: Broken mirror — Seven years bad luck under the Coalition
• 31 March 2020 | Independent Australia needs you
• 26 March 2020 | Coalition, conservatives and the great unwashed PR campaign
• 25 March 2020 | EDITORIAL: Coalition, conservatives and the great unwashed PR campaign
• 23 March 2020 | Navigating the virus: Where to go, what to do and how to get help
• 19 March 2020 | The notional PM: No notion on running nation
• 18 March 2020 | EDITORIAL: The notional PM — No notion on running nation
• 16 March 2020 | Morrison leads Australia through the COVID-19 pandemic
• 12 March 2020 | Scotty Morrison and Scotty Cam scam the taxpayer
• 11 March 2020 | EDITORIAL: Scotty Morrison and Scotty Cam scam the taxpayer
• 5 March 2020 | The Morrison Government: When rorting became sporting
• 4 March 2020 | EDITORIAL: When rorting became sporting
• 27 February 2020 | Scotty from Marketing talks about domestic violence
• 26 February 2020 | EDITORIAL: Scotty from Marketing talks about domestic violence
• 20 February 2020 | Australia adapts to ridding itself of the Morrison Government
• 19 February 2020 | EDITORIAL: Australia 'adapts' to ridding itself of the Morrison Government
• 6 February 2020 | Leadership spills and coal-smudged deals
• 5 February 2020 | EDITORIAL: Leadership spills and coal-smudged deals
• 30 January 2020 | Russel from marketing, ‘Dr’ Arndt and the ‘two-sided’ climate emergency
• 29 January 2020 | EDITORIAL: Russel from marketing, ‘Dr’ Arndt and the ‘two-sided’ climate emergency
• 23 January 2020 | Rorts and pork-barrelling are the new normal under 'Crime Minister' Morrison
• 22 January 2020 | EDITORIAL: The Coalition, where rorts and pork-barrelling are the new normal
• 16 January 2020 | Scotty from Marketing’s climate change ‘shift’ might just burn into our memories
• 15 January 2020 | EDITORIAL: Scotty from Marketing’s climate change ‘shift’ might just burn our memories
• 8 January 2020 | EDITORIAL: Leading us into Armageddon
• 4 January 2020 | New Year's Eve in an incinerated NSW South Coast apocalypse
• 2 January 2020 | #2 TOP STORY OF 2019: 11 things Scott Morrison could have done for the bushfire emergency — but didn’t
• 19 December 2019 | 11 things Scott Morrison could have done for the bushfire emergency — but didn’t
• 18 December 2019 | EDITORIAL: 11 things Scott Morrison could have done for the bushfire emergency — but didn’t
• 12 December 2019 | The bushfire calamity and Australia’s rogue parliament
• 10 December 2019 | EDITORIAL: The bushfire calamity and Australia’s rogue parliament
• 5 December 2019 | The kangaroo kleptocracy
• 5 December 2019 | EDITORIAL: The kangaroo kleptocracy
• 28 November 2019 | Angus Taylor and the Coalition protection racket
• 27 November 2019 | EDITORIAL: Angus Taylor and the Coalition protection racket
• 21 November 2019 | Frydenberg's 'Work until you drop' idea
• 20 November 2019 | EDITORIAL: Work until you drop
• 14 November 2019 | Barnaby and the Morrison Government: They should be fired
• 13 November 2019 | EDITORIAL: They should be fired
• 7 November 2019 | Protesting and boycotting the Morrison Government way
• 6 November 2019 | EDITORIAL: Protesting and boycotting the Morrison Government way
• 17 October 2019 | Morrison's state of distraction
• 16 October 2019 | EDITORIAL: State of distraction
• 10 October 2019 | The Coalition: Where protesting free speech is only a right for the Right
• 9 October 2019 | EDITORIAL: Protesting free speech is only a right for the Right
• 3 October 2019 | How Barnaby and the Coalition make hay when it doesn’t rain
• 2 October 2019 | EDITORIAL: How Barnaby and the Coalition make hay when it doesn’t rain
• 26 September 2019 | Trump and Morrison to Mars: One giant leap for mankind
• 25 September 2019 | EDITORIAL: Mars or bust
• 19 September 2019 | 10 reasons why Scott Morrison is actually a hypocrite
• 18 September 2019 | EDITORIAL: 10 reasons why Scott Morrison is actually a hypocrite
• 12 September 2019 | Littleproud fiddles while Australia burns
• 11 September 2019 | EDITORIAL: Littleproud fiddles while Australia burns
• 5 September 2019 | The Opposition under Albo: Albsent without leave
• 4 September 2019 | EDITORIAL: The Labor Opposition: Albsent without leave
• 2 September 2019 | EXCLUSIVE: Biloela's Tamil family now at the mercy of Dutton and Coleman
• 31 August 2019 | Why we beg
• 29 August 2019 | Frydenberg fries the economy
• 28 August 2019 | EDITORIAL Frydenberg fries the economy
• 23 August 2019 | Working for IA is a dream — help keep the dream alive!
• 22 August 2019 | Socking it to shock jock Alan Jones
• 21 August 2019 | EDITORIAL: Socking it to shock-jock Alan Jones
• 15 August 2019 | Julie Bishop feminist? Liar, liar, red shoes on fire
• 14 August 2019 | EDITORIAL: Julie Bishop feminist? Liar, liar, red shoes on fire
• 8 August 2019 | Dutton’s dark police state creep
• 7 August 2019 | EDITORIAL: Dutton’s dark police state creep
• 1 August 2019 | Stuart 'Robodebt' Robert and unfunded empathy
• 31 July 2019 | EDITORIAL: Stuart 'Robodebt' Robert and ‘unfunded empathy’
• 25 July 2019 | Newstart, wage theft and fat ducks
• 24 July 2019 | EDITORIAL: Newstart, wage theft and fat ducks
• 18 July 2019 | Adani pirates hold Australia hostage
• 17 July 2019 | EDITORIAL: Adani pirates hold Australia hostage
• 11 July 2019 | Sanctioned water theft
• 10 July 2019 | EDITORIAL: Sanctioned water theft
• 8 July 2019 | Dutton's Australia: Refusing medical care to a two-year-old
• 4 July 2019 | The Coalition: Have a go — pay me as I go
• 3 July 2019 | EDITORIAL: The Coalition: Have a go — pay me as I go
• 27 June 2019 | Dear mainstream media, the Coalition won — Labor lost
• 26 June 2019 | EDITORIAL: Dear mainstream media, the Coalition won — Labor lost
• 13 June 2019 | AFP raids journalists: We need to talk about our Government
• 12 June 2019 | EDITORIAL: AFP raids journalists: We need to talk about our Government
• 30 May 2019 | Stuart Robert and 4 more we can't afford, including an annoying envoy
• 29 May 2019 | EDITORIAL: Stuart Robert and 4 more we can't afford, including an annoying envoy
• 23 May 2019 | The price of not paying attention: Five ministers we cannot afford
• 22 May 2019 | EDITORIAL: The price of not paying attention: Five ministers we cannot afford
• 20 May 2019 | Kill Bill 4: Suffering under ScoMo
• 2 May 2019 | The Morrison Government's strange bedfellows
• 1 May 2019 | EDITORIAL: The Morrison Government's strange bedfellows
• 18 April 2019 | Twitter closing down last bastion of free speech
• 17 April 2019 | EDITORIAL: Twitter closing down last bastion of free speech
• 4 April 2019 | Christmas Island: The $185 million 'unhinged stunt'
• 3 April 2019 | EDITORIAL: Budgets boats and other baloney
• 21 March 2019 | EDITORIAL: Eggboy versus Anning
• 20 March 2019 | EDITORIAL: Eggboy versus Anning
• 13 March 2019 | MP's WRAP: The staggering arrogance of Pell and Morrison
• 28 February 2019 | EDITORIAL EXCERPT: Helloworld and other informal corruption
• 27 February 2019 | EDITORIAL: Informal corruption
• 20 February 2019 | MP'S WRAP: Morrison Muppets' tyranny, lies and lucrative tenders
• 14 February 2019 | EDITORIAL EXCERPT: Morrison gears up to punish refugees after #MediVacBill
• 13 February 2019 | EDITORIAL: Morrison resets himself to punish refugees after crippling defeat
• 30 January 2019 | EDITORIAL: Captain Morrison’s Coalition is Cooked like the fish
• 23 January 2019 | MP's Wrap: Over Cooked Muppets
• 17 January 2019 | EDITORIAL: Something stinks in the Coalition and it's not just dead fish
• 16 January 2019 | EDITORIAL: Something stinks in the Coalition and it's not just dead fish
• 9 January 2019 | Weekly Wrap: ScoMo's new shoes
• 19 December 2018 | XMAS PARTY WRAP: IA community parties on in Paradise
• 9 December 2018 | PM Morrison, the 'puffed up, flim flam man', sacrifices human rights — again
• 28 November 2018 | WEEKLY WRAP: The Morrison Muppet Show implosion
• 22 November 2018 | EDITORIAL EXCERPT: Morrison cuts Foodbank — Merry Xmas poor people!
• 21 November 2018 | EDITORIAL: The Morrison Government adds insecurity to food insecurity
• 7 November 2018 | WEEKLY WRAP: The #ScoMoExpress to nowhere
• 1 November 2018 | EDITORIAL EXCERPT: Scott Morrison after Wentworth — denial as an artform
• 31 October 2018 | EDITORIAL: Today’s Coalition and denial as artform
• 27 October 2018 | Mr Collings
• 24 October 2018 | WEEKLY WRAP: Stopping the votes
• 18 October 2018 | Human rights vs The Morrison Government
• 17 October 2018 | EDITORIAL: Human rights v. The Government
• 10 October 2018 | WEEKLY WRAP: Religion, misogyny and defacing national icons
• 4 October 2018 | Stubborn ABC refuses to die despite constant attacks
• 3 October 2018 | EDITORIAL: Stubborn ABC refuses to die despite constant attacks
• 26 September 2018 | WEEKLY WRAP: The ABC of strawberries and democracy
• 24 September 2018 | Michelle Guthrie's sudden ABC exit and the Morrison / Murdoch connection
• 19 September 2018 | WEEKLY WRAP: Ah, the unity
• 18 September 2018 | Morrison, Dutton, Coleman: Cold, heartless, sadistic
• 12 September 2018 | WEEKLY WRAP: Morrison's muppets and wannabes
• 5 September 2018 | WEEKLY WRAP: Planet COALition
• 29 August 2018 | WEEKLY WRAP: Morrison — more of the same
• 27 August 2018 | Current Prime Minister Scott Morrison to uphold bigotry and failed Newspolls
• 22 August 2018 | Peter Dutton: The would-be PM and overlord
• 7 August 2018 | #ReefGate: The latest dubious Turnbull 'foundation'
• 31 July 2018 | BEHROUZ BOOCHANI TALKS TO IA: No friends in the Australian Government
• 18 July 2018 | Melbourne's #SaveOurABC rally: 'Keep your grubby mitts off'
• 11 July 2018 | BETWEEN YOU AND ME: Mike Smith on politics and the media
• 20 June 2018 | Fiercely protecting the ABC and Michelle Guthrie
• 29 May 2018 | How Dutton and Molan justify the heinous
• 18 April 2018 | Elderly, disabled, jobless or homeless? The Coalition is still blaming you
• 26 March 2018 | ‘Dead to me’: The world according to Peter Dutton
• 7 March 2018 | Stopping Adani’s dirty mine: Our politicians’ love affair with fossil fuels
• 21 February 2018 | Wayne Swan on retirement, Abbott, Turnbull and right-wing radicalisation
• 30 January 2018 | Morrison, Dutton or Turnbull: Who is the cruellest minister of them all?
• 30 December 2017 | City of Melbourne: World's most liveable city ... unless you're homeless
• 13 December 2017 | How have you disappointed me, Malcolm Turnbull?
• 29 November 2017 | Fifield ignores #NBNFail to voice outrage at Triple J's Hottest 100 move
• 15 November 2017 | Australia votes YES: Love is in the air, but is marriage equality?
• 3 November 2017 | Manus refugees left to rot as son-of-a-refugee Frydenberg whines about s44
• 30 October 2017 | Coalition and Co Comedy Capers: Absolutely fabulously nothing
• 25 October 2017 | AFP union raids, GetUp, Cash and Turnbull's 21 pesky polls in a row
• 8 September 2017 | EDITORIAL: The same sex marriage bullet
• 28 August 2017 | Coalition and Co Comedy Capers
• 9 August 2017 | Turnbull takes his Elizabethan Australia back to the same-sex plebiscite
• 12 July 2017 | Will same-sex marriage dethrone Turnbull and the Coalition?
• 26 June 2017 | Anaphylaxis: When food can kill you
• 3 May 2017 | Elderly, disabled, jobless or homeless? It’s your fault, according to the Coalition
• 8 February 2017 | NEWS UPDATE: Cory Bernardi's ship finally sails
• 4 January 2017 | Pension cuts: The abuse of our elderly citizens
• 7 December 2016 | Speaking up for asylum seekers on Nauru — but only when spoken to
• 20 September 2016 | Plebiscite or bust: A Coalition folly
• 17 August 2016 | 103 Nauru and Manus staff speak out: 'Bring them here immediately'
• 3 August 2016 | Don Dale abuse: The NT Royal Commission and maintaining outrage
• 14 June 2016 | Freedom of speech: Not coming to a university near you
• 21 April 2016 | And then there was Malcolm
• 28 August 2015 | A taxing bodily function
• 1 August 2015 | Australia's complacency in the face of worldwide bee decline
• 16 July 2015 | Abbott's overreach on ABC could lose him votes
• 13 June 2015 | Educating Australians about Fukushima's implications: Dr Helen Caldicott
• 31 January 2019 | EDITORIAL EXCERPT: Captain Morrison’s Coalition is Cooked like the fish