IndependentAustralia

Fellow Independent Australians, it is with our greatest and most sincere regret that we must inform you that Australia is still not a fully and truly independent nation. The state of a (not) independent Australia address ~ @davrosz independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

In the streaming age, falling in love with a new series often means preparing for heartbreak. Cancelled before the finale: Streaming giants betray with broken promises ~ Michael Gibbons independentaustralia.net/life/art-displ…

Three years ago, Anthony Albanese signed Australia up to quite possibly the worst deal in our history. AUKUS ties nuclear anchor around Australia's neck independentaustralia.net/politics/polit… via @IndependentAus @NukeDaveSweeney

Australia’s continued loyalty to the U.S. alliance is framed as strategic necessity, but increasingly looks like silence in the face of war and declining democratic values. The cost of loyalty: Australia’s silence in America’s war ~ Dr Judy Hemming independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

CARTOONS: Mark David is filling up with gas independentaustralia.net/life/art-displ… via @IndependentAus @mdavidcartoons

Campaigns urging users to quit ChatGPT mistake individual boycotts for meaningful resistance in a system dominated by entrenched Big Tech power. Quitting ChatGPT changes nothing: You can't 'unsubscribe' from techno-fascism ~ Dr Raffaele Ciriello independentaustralia.net/business/busin…

A disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could leave Australia facing fuel shortages within weeks, exposing just how fragile our energy security has become. Australia’s looming fuel crisis: How Trump’s Middle East war could hit home ~ Dr Norm Sanders independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

Operation Epic Fury is exposing the true cost of alliance dependence, energy fragility, and strategic distraction from the Indo-Pacific. ~ Vince Hooper The Iran war is Australia's margin call independentaustralia.net/life/life-disp… via @IndependentAus

JEFF McMULLEN: Fancy thrones, paper tigers and dirty bombs ~ Dr Jeff McMullen AM independentaustralia.net/life/life-disp…

Albanese called Grace Tame “difficult.” But when women speak truth to power, “difficult” is just another word for inconvenient. ~ Verena Brunschweiger Albo is a bumbling misogynist independentaustralia.net/life/life-disp… via @IndependentAus

Australia granted asylum to a handful of Iranian footballers while simultaneously tightening migration laws that shut the door on thousands more. How Australia exploited the Iranian women’s football team ~ @bkampmark independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

Powerful industries have quietly captured Australia’s regulators, leaving consumers and the public interest paying the price. Regulatory capture: How lobbyists and banks shape Australia’s rules ~ Dr Kim Sawyer independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

As global tensions rise, Colm Tóibín’s portrait of Thomas Mann reminds us how easily war, censorship and nationalism can reshape culture. Thomas Mann’s warning for an age of war and censorship ~ Dr Tony Smith independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

As digital infrastructure concentrates in a handful of tech giants, private platform monopolies are beginning to wield power once reserved for states. From Starlink to the state: When platform monopolies become political power ~ @paulbudde independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

As the war with Iran escalates and threatens oil supplies and economic stability, critics argue Australia should abstain from the conflict rather than risk deeper involvement. Pressure mounts on Australia to distance itself from Iran war ~ George Grundy independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

Australia’s conservative parties are sliding into a Trump-style contest to see who can harness division, fear and anti-immigration politics most effectively. Beware the right-wing race to the MAGA bottom ~ Dr Victoria Fielding independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

Australia praises whistleblowers in principle, but the legal and institutional reality shows those who expose wrongdoing often face punishment, isolation and little protection. The hard truth about whistleblowing in Australia ~ Nigel Carney independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

A tight by-election race in Farrer is set to spotlight One Nation’s call for negative net migration against the labour realities of regional Australia. Farrer by-election a test for One Nation immigration policy ~ @RizviAbul independentaustralia.net/life/life-disp…

The Government has consistently maintained that it does not provide weapons to Israel. However, that claim relies on a narrow legal framing — a technical truth that obscures a more worrying reality. How Australia supplies weapons to Israel ~ Tyson Parker independentaustralia.net/life/life-disp…

A family holidaying in Dubai recounts the experience of missile alerts, flight cancellations and limited government assistance as they scrambled to find a way home. Stranded in Dubai: Missile alerts and a desperate race to get home ~ Annalinde Nickisch independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

Anti-war protesters in the UK saw multiple demonstrations taking place across the country last weekend demanding an end to the latest U.S. aggression in the Middle East. Stop the War protests gathering steam in the UK ~ Kevan Sangster independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…