David Shoebridge’s rise to the Greens leadership offers a chance to challenge Labor from the Left and push for more radical action on inequality, climate change and AI.

With warnings of an AI-fuelled apocalypse growing louder, Independent Australia went straight to the source and asked ChatGPT whether we should start panicking.

One Nation supporters consistently say Pauline Hanson is an “average” Australian who speaks her mind and “says what the average person is thinking all the time”.

It was all about being rejected by big daddy Donny, Dave Donovan and Darren Crawford say, as they unpick Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate's latest foul-mouthed meltdown and subsequent sooky apology.

Six months on from the Simon Gordon scandal, the systems that allowed his alleged surgical abuse of endometriosis patients continue to fail them.

As physical media disappears, corporations are gaining unprecedented control over what consumers can watch, play and truly own.

Previously a comedian, Dave Hughes has become a self-professed corruption crusader and economics maven, denouncing the Labor Party as

Previously a comedian, Dave Hughes has become a self-professed corruption crusader and economics maven, denouncing the Labor Party as

Sussan Ley has continued the conservative tradition of finding "clarity" and compassion, after it matters, writes managing editor Michelle Pini.

Ever thought reality didn't seem quite real? Well, modern science's increasingly supported "simulation hypothesis" suggests you may well be right.

The development of AI is inevitable, but when Nineteen Eighty-Four meets The Godfather in real life, it’s time to consider the lack of public protection and regulation to deal with its consequences......

IA founder Dave Donovan explains why holding politicians like Joe Bjelke-Petersen and Pauline Hanson to account is paramount for Independent Australia, and has shaped its very existence.

Ben Carroll has replaced Jacinta Allan as Victoria's Premier, but let's not kid ourselves that the possibility of corruption was the reason Allan was forced to resign.

Perhaps if Pauline Hanson actually turned up for work more often, she'd have a greater understanding of the issues Australia is dealing with.

A severe public wrong has occurred, causing ongoing, debilitating physical pain and emotional and mental distress in many hundreds of women, and there must be accountability.

The “Ditch the Witch” campaign is back, now directed at Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, and faithfully reported in the media with clear delight almost leaping from the pages and screens.

The “Ditch the Witch” campaign is back, now directed at Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, and faithfully reported in the media with clear delight almost leaping from the pages and screens.

Poster person for prejudice, Pauline Hanson’s

IA founder Dave Donovan explains why holding politicians like Joe Bjelke-Petersen and Pauline Hanson to account is paramount for Independent Australia, and has shaped its very existence.

Whether Barnaby Joyce & Pauline Hanson live happily ever after or not, Aussies want a fair go & a bloke who shouts the beer when it's his turn.

The dangers posed by political extremism, misinformation and vested interests continue to cast a long shadow over Australia's democracy.

‘Billionaire barons have every right to use their money to influence us’, pontificated the Australian Financial Review editorial team on 28 May 2026.

Managing editor Michelle Pini discusses the prospect of the Teal Independents forming a new political force and what it might mean for our democracy.

It is the most ambitious Federal Budget the nation has seen for a couple of decades and the strain of committing to action showed on the faces of Labor’s front bench last night.

Craig Hill, man the who brought the Trump Tower crumbling down, explains how he – along with 280,000 other Aussies – made it happen.

It is the most ambitious Federal Budget the nation has seen for a couple of decades and the strain of committing to action showed on the faces of Labor’s front bench last night.

Council officers have been working secretly on new Beach Bar proposals for Gold Coast beaches.

Updated research has shown up lingering headaches over the impacts of decades-long nuclear testing in the Pacific islands and interventions of outside powers, amid growing threats from climate change....

ABC staff walked off the job last week and broadcaster instantly switched to BBC programming. Prof. Vince Hooper discusses whose interests the ABC now serves — citizens or others'.

Dr Simon Gordon's alleged victims may have been preyed upon by an unscrupulous practitioner, but he was enabled by a misogynistic health system that requires an urgent and major overhaul.

Don't believe the News Corp bots, Pauline Hanson's One Nation failed dismally in South Australia — and will continue to fail in every subsequent election.

Controversial initiatives to curb worker fatalities appear to be effective. Alan Austin reports.

Don't believe the News Corp bots, Pauline Hanson's One Nation failed dismally in South Australia — and will continue to fail in every subsequent election.

European Commission President Ursula von der Layen seemed more concerned with security and alliances than the lucrative trade deal just handed to Australia this week.

Its landslide in South Australia suggests Labor is building a new political Centre and pushing the divisive politics of grievance to the fringes, writes Michael Thorn.

'The assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei and the attack on Iran launched on February 28 by the U.S. and Israel may well prove to be this Century’s

It has been gradually building towards the inevitable: Australia entering the fray in the Middle East again – this time to fight Iran – in another war in which it is not threatened.

Donald Trump boasted of victory on Day One of the new Iran War. Jeff McMullen warns that the risks of escalation and fallout are yet to come.

Despite languishing for years in an atrocious conditions, Australia's PM belligerently refuses to rightfully repatriate wives of ISIS fighters or their innocent children. James May comments.

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.

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.