2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (1009+ words) While newsrooms provoke fear and anxiety about concocted “crises”, life is better than ever, as Alan Austin reports. THE SHONKS AND LIARS in the mainstream newsrooms want Australians to believe the economy is struggling – the opposite of the truth. They…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (779+ words) On 18 July 2026, after a ten-month hiatus, the Government released its Response to the Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia (Aftab Malik)’s report. Social cohesion is foregrounded. The Government proposes a Social Cohesion Education Advisory Council to drive a broader suite…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (565+ words) Australia’s political leaders continue to put self-interest and political expediency ahead of the democratic principles they claim to uphold, writes Dr Mark Beeson. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE that Australia’s political class could serve up a leader even more dishonest, inept…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (957+ words) The Liberals have struggled to make up ground because the Overton window among conservatives and right-wingers has shifted towards One Nation, writes Noah Reinhardt. ONCE AGAIN, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation (PHON) were able to continue their posturing as “anti-establishment” after…...

1+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (1011+ words) The Great Koala National Park remains hostage to a controversial carbon offset scheme despite Labor’s longstanding promise to protect it, writes Sue Arnold. THE NSW GREENS have refused to get into bed with the National Party over one of the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (569+ words) The Coalition and One Nation's plan to slash tobacco taxes won't stop organised crime but will come with a hefty public health cost, writes Wayne Hawkins. LAST WEEK, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor stood in front of the cameras and promised…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (727+ words) Small everyday changes can help businesses build a greener workplace and reduce their environmental footprint, writes Md. Nafis Anowar Santo. WE ARE LIVING through an extraordinary period of technological growth. New gadgets and digital services are becoming part of everyday life…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (705+ words) Cutting tobacco excise could spark a price war, boost smoking rates and undermine decades of public health progress, writes Stephen Koukoulas. SOME OF THE MOST basic issues in economics are price signals, demand and supply. If the price of something…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1012+ words) Australia’s history of war shows why today’s conflicts demand greater scrutiny, empathy and a relentless pursuit of peace, writes David Higginbottom. AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES the end of wars. We gather for Anzac Day, name roads, buildings and rooms after battles and…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (54+ words) Bob Hawke and Rupert Murdoch — 'I'll have what he's having!' Independent Australia The late PM Bob Hawke and media mogul Rupert Murdoch share an unguarded moment at Melbourne's Windsor Hotel He has several published collections, including 'Portraits of the Soul:…...