Public debate often focuses on big decisions, elections, legislation, economic reform. Yet much of how society actually functions is shaped by smaller, everyday choices that rarely make headlines.
When a leading Zionist calls six other Australian Jews "antisemitic" – and worse – over criticisms of Israel, the issues are deep. Hence this February piece, by those six, was so vital, well-received ...
"It's actually hard journalism, which says we'll work on facts. We may have perspective, but you'll notice everything is resourced and referenced in Independent Australia ... not baseless opinion." ...
It's the end of another year, so time to look back at some of the iconic photos featured in EYE FOR AUSTRALIA in 2025. Bill McAuley's 40-plus-year news career began in 1969 as a cadet photographer at ...
As 2025 draws to a close, we can look back on a year when economic inequality became firmly entrenched on the Australian political agenda, writes Carl Rhodes. WHEN THE YEAR began, polls were already ...
For more than 70 years, community water fluoridation has been defended as settled science, despite weak evidence of benefit, unresolved health risks, ethical violations and the quiet influence of ...
As the Trump Administration weaponises state power against critics, America’s self-image as the guardian of a rules-based international order is collapsing in real time, writes Mark Beeson. FOREIGN ...
From Gaza to Ukraine, externally designed peace plans are replacing negotiation with compliance, reshaping sovereignty and sidelining the people most affected, writes Tatiana Svorou. WITH ITS ...
What has changed after the Bondi terrorist attack on Sunday 14 December? Dr Lee Duffield watched the events unfold and penned this report on how Australians received the bad news over the first hours.
ON WHITE BALLOON DAY 2014, September 7, an event meaningful to me because it raises awareness for child sex assault victims, the main perpetrator of my childhood abuse, Antony Kidman, died suddenly in ...
Last week’s national accounts confirm Australia is back on a sound economic path, as Alan Austin reports. WE NOW HAVE the September quarter growth numbers for gross domestic product (GDP) for 35 ...
A damning Senate report reveals the growing power, privilege and lack of accountability infecting Australia’s university system, writes Dr Kim Sawyer. LAST WEEK, the Senate Education and Employment ...