Independent Australia

28/10/2025

Australian rainforests have become the first in the world to switch from absorbing carbon dioxide to emitting it.
~ Sue Arnold

New koala park less about koalas and more about cashing in on carbon credits

Australian rainforests have become the first in the world to switch from absorbing carbon dioxide to emitting it.

27/10/2025

The persistence of high interest rates is slowing growth — even the RBA admits the current cash rate is tight.
~ Stephen Koukoulas

RBA interest rate cuts are needed

The persistence of high interest rates is slowing growth — even the RBA admits the current cash rate is tight.

27/10/2025

Australia is paying for America's submarines, striking a deal with a President we still have to fact-check.
~ Dr Kim Sawyer

We should never have agreed to AUKUS

Australia is paying for America's submarines, striking a deal with a President we still have to fact-check.

26/10/2025

As alarms are sounding about national debt, Trump deepens U.S. debt by one trillion dollars in eight weeks.
~ Alan Austin

Australia thrives while USA struggles in challenging economic times

As alarms are sounding about national debt, Trump deepens U.S. debt by one trillion dollars in eight weeks.

26/10/2025

Gough Whitlam was my hero during the 1970s, but I did him a disservice at Sydney's Oktoberfest.
When Gough was 'shot' at Oktoberfest
~ Bill McAuley

25/10/2025

In the age of Trump, diplomacy has ceased to be the art of persuasion. It has become the art of surviving the performance.
~ Vince Hooper

When Trump met Rudd: The strategy of silence and showmanship

In the age of Trump, diplomacy has ceased to be the art of persuasion. It has become the art of surviving the performance.

24/10/2025

Australia does not lack ideas, it lacks resolve about the kind of country we want to be.
~ Carl Rhodes

Far-right populism isn't about policy detail — it's about national character

Australia does not lack ideas, it lacks resolve about the kind of country we want to be.

24/10/2025

The LNP are back in QLD and so are many of the old policies that kept them out of power for ten years, including the Cableway that never goes away.
Who stands to gain from this environmental disaster?

IA INVESTIGATION: The LNP Cableway that won't go away

~ David Donovan

The LNP are back in QLD and so are many of the old policies that kept them out of power for ten years, including the Cableway that never goes away. Founder Dave Donovan investigates who stands to gain...

24/10/2025

Systemic data gaps and secrecy are masking a national crisis in child protection.

Child su***de in care: A tragedy the State won’t count
~ Gerry Georgatos

Systemic data gaps and secrecy are masking a national crisis in child protection.

24/10/2025

The LNP are back in QLD and so are many of the old policies that kept them out of power for ten years, including the Cableway that never goes away.

IA INVESTIGATION: The LNP Cableway that won't go away
~ David Donovan

The LNP are back in QLD and so are many of the old policies that kept them out of power for ten years, including the Cableway that never goes away. Founder Dave Donovan investigates who stands to gain...

24/10/2025

Colonial power may have changed its language, but it still decides who lives, who dies and who is forgotten.

Empire rebranded: The new architecture of violence
~ Dr Shaymaa Elkadi

Colonial power may have changed its language, but it still decides who lives, who dies and who is forgotten.

23/10/2025

Another reshuffle! Like that doesn't reek of "Rudd-erless Opposition"...
CARTOONS: Ley wants to lay off Kevin Rudd
~ Mark David Cartoons

Another reshuffle! Like that doesn't reek of "Rudd-erless Opposition".