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 ...

Just when Australia needed a way out of its $368 billion submarine gamble, along comes the most unlikely escape hatch of all, writes Mark Beeson.. IF THERE’S ONE THING we can all agree on, perhaps ...

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 ...

Diversity crisis deepens. The cancellation of both programs has exacerbated existing concerns about diversity in Australian television. A 2020 report found that more than 75% of presenters, ...

Near the end of the book, Kate is in Guyra researching the story of her mother’s favourite brother, Frank Russell, whose ballot-winning of a property in the 1938 Closer Settlement Scheme at Green ...

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 ...

The March quarter national accounts confirm the Albanese Government is achieving its economic goals, as Alan Austin reports.. THERE WAS good news and bad news in last Wednesday’s quarterly report on ...

Today, there’s a very similar situation on Australia’s west coast; the proposed approval of the North West Shelf has set in motion a chain of events that will determine the fate of the incredible ...

Political pressure, protest crackdowns and reputation management are threatening to steer universities away from their pursuit of truth and fairness, writes Kim Sawyer. THESE ARE TESTING TIMES for ...

In 1984, Sophia Loren visited Melbourne as a special guest at the La Dolce Italia gala charity dinner, which raised funds for the Alannah and Madeline Foundation's efforts to safeguard children ...

What exactly are stock images of people? These are photographs that are taken by professionals and portray people (or groups of people) in various settings, poses and situations. Such visuals are ...

A farmer stands proudly atop a 1945 Douglas C-47 Dakota — his Rupanyup property in Victoria home to a collection of hundreds of cars, trucks, tractors, helicopters and assorted aircraft.(Photo, circa ...