In one of the most uninspiring and regressive budgets ever, the Morrison Government has continued its eye-watering bolstering of the fossil fuel industry. read now...

In the lead up to the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, mass violence after the polls closed looked likely, as this September article by Dr Hirst, read by about 70,000 people, showed. Thankfully, this hasn't eventuated — yet.  read now...

Our brilliant tech columnist, Paul Budde, had three articles in IA's top ten, two of which were about Australia's far less impressive national broadband network — this August article being read by nearly 50,000 people. read now...

The most systematic white-collar crime of Australian banks against borrowers is still ignored by those in authority and by the media. read now...

New South Wales Police never took a statement from Christian Porter’s accuser and Australia’s mainstream media have seemingly forgotten to report on it. read now...

This Friday, schoolchildren will again take to the streets to protest the failure to address the climate crisis. read now...

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was on an inexplicable high after his underwhelming pre-budget speech to the Australian Chamber of Commerce (ACCI) as he repeated his performance for the masses with the 2021-22 Budget this week. read now...

Last week, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison mixed up Taiwan and Hong Kong. read now...

The Federal Government has never been so corrupt, writes Richard Gillies. read now...

As the NBN rollout continues to suffer from complaints and budget overruns, NBN Co executives have paid themselves millions of dollars in bonuses. read now...

Actions of the Israeli Government are part of a deliberate and systematic ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people. read now...

A dubious Coalition plan to temporarily dump nuclear waste for a future government to re-locate, 100 years later, at another undecided location is long-lived and toxic. read now...

Last Thursday, the New Liberals filed an application with the Australian Electoral Commission, seeking de-registration of the Liberal Party of Australia. read now...

​​​​​​​Some commentators drew parallels between the deep deficits and soaring debt the Coalition embraced in last week’s Budget and Labor’s past policies. Alan Austin shows why they are vastly different. read now...

On April 21, U.S. Admiral Charles Richard was all warning and concern, urging the U.S. Senate to consider a simple proposition.  read now...

Alex Hawke appears not to have grasped the flow-on effects of relaxed visa conditions on Australian workers, students' exposure to exploitation or Australia's international standing. read now...

WA's First Nations suicide toll will likely rise with the fall of outreach service NSPTRP, which needs proper government funding to survive. read now...

It’s Budget week and that normally means huge flurries of propaganda from the Government’s tame media outlets. read now...

A closer examination of Anthony Albanese's Budget reply speech reveals that it lacks any substance behind his words. read now...

Successive Federal Governments have continued to get away with extinguishing Aboriginal land rights despite the Mabo case and Wik decision. read now...

The Liberal Party has escaped accountability for its corruption for too long and the Australian public should speak up now. read now...

Father of incarcerated journalist Julian Assange, John Shipton, is continuing his campaign for his son's freedom. read now...

A digital infrastructure platform could be the next tool in cyber warfare as trust declines and tensions increase between global powers. read now...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison continues his parliamentary circus and perpetuates his reputation as the nation's clown. read now...

The 2021 Federal Budget must be recognised as the Coalition’s Budget most favourable towards artists and the sector in recent years. read now...

Women and children of the nation hold their applause. read now...

Despite a lack of progressive policies and various demographics being neglected, the Morrison Government is still retaining a lead in popularity. read now...

The Government updated its population assumptions in the 2021 Budget, highlighting its eagerness to get the population rising. read now...

The Morrison Government is at war with its own people.  read now...

Alarmingly, some of the worst contributing factors of male veteran suicide are systemic to the ADF itself. read now...

To stand a chance of winning the next election, Labor must change its leader to someone who is well-known and has broad appeal, writes Paul Begley.  read now...

Recent rhetoric on war is more about supporting the highly lucrative defence industry as it is about countering the rise of China, writes Dr Rashad Seedeen. read now...

By enacting the travel ban against Australian citizens returning from India, the Morrison Government has managed to unite Matt Canavan, Andrew Bolt, the Greens and Labor. read now...

Imagine if the Prime Minister was a hardline atheist giving speeches about political matters at an atheist convention that he or she wanted to keep from the wider public. read now...

Will the Morrison Government use this budget to move forward and embrace the opportunities of a post-carbon global market or take Australia back to the “dog days”? read now...

The company paid $110,000 to conduct an “independent review” into the corporate regulator refused to stand by the Government’s claims that it made no findings of wrongdoing against regulator bosses James Shipton and Daniel Crennan. r...

Ever keen to spread the word, God's homie, PM Morrison, lays it on thick with IA’s religion reporter. read now...

Coal industry giant AGL attempts to silence Greenpeace for exposing its devastating ongoing damage to the environment and human health. read now...

Australia’s high job participation is not the cause for celebration the Morrison Government and the mainstream media want voters to believe it is, reports Alan Austin. read now...

With cultures that blame them for what men do to them, women in Pacific countries are being abused. We must speak out. read now...

It will be the rate of long-term economic growth that Josh Frydenberg uses in his 2021 Intergenerational Report that tells us the most about his plans for Australia’s future. read now...

In the wake of the least-watched Oscars in recent history, entertainment editor John Turnbull checks out a pair of non-award-worthy movies in cinemas now. read now...

While most of the world supports outlawing space weaponry, the U.S. Government is still pushing to militarise space. read now...

History editor Dr Glenn Davies investigates other “Trees of Knowledge” around Australia and considers which has the claim as the original. read now...

The lives of van dwellers as portrayed in the film Nomadland provide a reminder of our government's ignorance towards the homelessness crisis. read now...

Jarrad Searby was a Proud Boy in February, and he’s a Nazi now. It only took a couple of months. The transition is simple and that’s why it’s worth documenting. read now...

It's hard enough dealing with racist attitudes within our country, but when they come from within one's own family the impact is more painful. read now...

The fossil fuel industry is making false claims that a new hybrid coal/hydrogen power plant will help us reach emissions targets. read now...

Responsibility? How good is outsourcing?!! read now...

The Australian Government is making its citizens stranded overseas during the pandemic crisis feel unwelcome back to their own home. read now...

Inequality in the Australian educational system has placed our nation far behind most countries while the Government ignores the situation. read now...

Aside from the moral obligation to protect our endangered flora and fauna, the Government would do well to consider the economic value. read now...

The PM attended a Pentecostal national convention, at which he shared with those gathered his belief that he and wife Jenny have been “called to do God’s work”. read now...

The devastating outbreak across India exposes the stark failures in governance and vaccine development locally and across the world, writes Dr Rashad Seedeen.  read now...

NBN Co has released its plans for the 2021 pricing review consultation process. read now...

The (Tasmanian) devil is in the details.  read now...

What is it that propels some of us to go on when we think all is lost? From IA founder Dave Donovan comes an incredible, harrowing and life-affirming story of survival. read now...

Whether Morrison is “authentic” in his faith is irrelevant to the fact that he is clearly not respecting the division between church and state required by our Constitution. read now...

For developed nations, the period 1950 to 2050 will be an extraordinary population shock, tracking the four stages of the boomer life cycle: childhood, adulthood, old age and death. read now...

Cuts to the arts will devastate the sector, writes Leya Reid. read now...

The ancient Biblical texts may help Australians answer one pressing political question of the moment, writes Alan Austin. read now...

Belated arts support offered by the Coalition does little to encourage stable recovery from the impacts of funding cuts and COVID-19. read now...

COVID-19 may serve to intensify the pre-existing turn towards fascism, currently inflaming the Western world. read now...

In his ANZAC Day address, Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo has warned Australians should be prepared for war. read now...

In October, we reported on online reviews of Dominique Grubisa's DG Institute being submitted by fake identities. Now Independent Australia has identified numerous questionable "news stories" promoting the DG Institute. read now...

While the USA moves towards war, anti-China rhetoric grows on a daily basis and the idea of war is being sold as the "right" thing. read now...

U.S. President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan may be the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. read now...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Liberal Government haven't tried to hide their religious beliefs, yet have also displayed great hypocrisy. read now...

If our Prime Minister is doing "God's work", it raises questions as to how much Scott's God cares about our sick and destitute. read now...

For decades, governments have been using gender stereotypes to their advantage, but this narrow viewpoint is outdated and irrelevant. read now...

The Federal Government secretly deleted from the ASIC review three-quarters of the findings into James Shipton's tax advice payments. read now...

It takes real empathy for the plight of minorities and not just simple awareness to be a true advocate for the fight against racism. read now...

Malcolm Turnbull has hit out at right-wing media outlets and former coalition colleagues for their advocacy for the fossil fuel sector. read now...

The hands, the promises, the excuses... read now...

The Morrison Government's inability to address sexual violence against women is further evinced by its inability to create even a simple educational video for teens. read now...

The war in Syria continues, with fragmented and extreme opposition fighting to topple the barbaric Assad Government, writes Yanis Iqbal. read now...

Bogged down in the Senate is a Bill that selects a farming area, Napandee, near Kimba in South Australia, as Australia's national radioactive waste dump. read now...

The new Biden Administration in the USA laid out a $100 billion proposal for broadband investment as part of its $2 trillion+ infrastructure plan. read now...

As China becomes more assertive in the South China Sea, rival claimants have beefed up their military capabilities but there is a better path. read now...

Not all women feel the same, think the same and want the same for the former, but not forgotten, President Donald J. Trump.  read now...

The Morrison Government has made Australia an even more unequal and unfair place by supporting the big end of town. read now...

It is becoming a case of when, not if, there will be a war between the U.S. and China. read now...

It's a very multi-faceted and eclectic line-up of Bloody Idiot contenders this week. read now...

As the next Federal Election approaches, the Coalition is expanding its supply of misleading claims on the economy, writes Alan Austin. read now...

Patriarchal conditioning responsible for the increase in sexual violence against women needs to be addressed in children to prevent aggression. read now...

Reports of Scott Morrison trying to persuade Mike Baird to contest Warringah should give any conservation-minded person cause for concern. read now...

On ANZAC Day, let’s remember Simpson as neither sinner nor saint, but a man who took the same risks, like many other soldiers who are now largely forgotten. read now...

The Australian Government is commemorating our fallen soldiers on ANZAC Day while turning its back on those seeking asylum from war. read now...

While Japan faces international backlash over its decision to dump contaminated wastewater, Australia remains quiet due to its part in the Fukushima disaster. read now...

He's flying high! read now...

A glance at Angus Taylor's track record somewhat explains the lunacy behind his latest plans for climate action. read now...

While other nations step up to zero-emission targets, Scott Morrison is still falling behind on taking action and being a responsible leader. read now...

Tensions are erupting across Victoria’s volcanic plains as a battle to protect State Significant Landscape from a proposed 500kV overhead transmission network heats up. read now...

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has refused to commit to opposing the construction of a town in internationally protected waters in Moreton Bay, Queensland. read now...

Numbers of temporary visa applications, both educational and vocational, are rapidly declining as Home Affairs still deals with a Bridging visa backlog. read now...

Just like the disastrous NBN debacle, the cost of the Coalition Government's failed energy policies will be borne by renewable energy users. read now...

This week, the PM shunned the media and took to social media to defend his Government’s bungled vaccine rollout. read now...

Australia has fallen behind many developed nations in clinging to the monarchy and it's time for a change that benefits the people. read now...

As Tasmanians head to the polls where health is tipped to be a major issue, Tasmania’s health system seems to be in crisis. read now...

Black deaths in Australia and the United States follow a similar historical pattern of racist institutionalism and disregard for the sanctity of human life. read now...