AS TENSIONS WITH IRAN escalate to the point of open military confrontation, critics argue this could be U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest ploy — a dramatic distraction aimed at diverting attention ...

White hate crimes surged from 2016. As reported here at IA since 2020, hate crimes inspired by Donald Trump have surged ever since he announced his run for President in 2015, with direct urgings to ...

Independent Australia is a progressive journal focusing on politics, democracy, the environment, Australian history and Australian identity.It contains news and opinion from Australia and around the ...

Butterflies ply in the plain darkness, Their colours mocked by surrounds. Butterflies ply in the strained darkness, With ne’er a sound, nearly ne’er a sound ...

Meeting itself on that last day. Nowhere to go and nothing to say, Just you and your own personal God! Face to face, as it were, in the darkness. Face to face, in the darkness of that place. Victor ...

Taylor wins her rights back. After missing out twice on sales of her life’s work that she was excluded from bidding on, Taylor Swift has reclaimed the rights to her original six albums she recorded ...

Thomasine Clark lived and died in 1690, a former soldier in the New Model Army, a drummer for the orders of Lord General Oliver Cromwell who cut off the King’s head and enabled an English Republic.We ...

Credible risk. Buglife CEO Matt Shardlow, who served on the expert steering group of the report, warned in 2018 that “there is a credible risk that 5G could impact significantly on wildlife”.. He ...

The mainstream media's performance during the Voice Referendum campaign was an abject failure, writes former CEO and editor-in-chief of The Age, Ranald MacDonald. *Also listen to the audio version of ...

A brawl over Australia’s tax collection policies has erupted between two giants of global economics, reports Alan Austin. *Also listen to the audio version of this article on Spotify HERE.. NOBEL ...

The mainstream media continues to beat the drums of war while voices of truth and reason are being silenced, writes Dr William Briggs. *Also listen to the audio version of this article on Spotify HERE ...

Young lives are being ruined over minor cannabis offences — real reform is needed, writes Craig Hill.. AUSTRALIA'S FEDERAL PROHIBITION on cannabis has had wide-ranging effects on individuals, ...