Recent Australian News

  1. Independent Australia · about 5 hours ago
    Dutton mimics Trump's tricks
    Politics, Democracy, Australia, International, Economics
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  2. Independent Australia · 1 day ago
    Trump’s tariff wrecking ball about to hit the global economy
    Politics, Australia, Consumers, Finance, Economics
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  3. Independent Australia · 2 days ago
    The future of Australia's asylum seeker system
    Politics, International, Human rights
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  4. Independent Australia · 3 days ago
    ABC News misleads on the economy and risks pushing more Australians into poverty
    Politics, Business, Media, Finance, Economics
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  5. Independent Australia · 5 days ago
    Bashed in the street: Being Jewish and wearing a keffiyeh
    Politics, International, War
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  6. Independent Australia · 5 days ago
    Why are the Greens not initiating the strong case for Proportional Representation?
    Politics, Democracy, Community
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  7. Independent Australia · 6 days ago
    Australia’s Cyber Security Act 2024: A step forward – but at what cost?
    Politics, Business, Consumers, Technology
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  8. Independent Australia · 6 days ago
    5 Top enshittification picks for 2024
    Politics, Democracy, Media
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  9. Independent Australia · 7 days ago
    Alternatives to a social media age ban
    Politics, Media, Law, Children
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  10. Independent Australia · 7 days ago
    Politicians and media doing nothing to fix child removal crisis
    Politics, Indigenous Australia, WA, Law, Children
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  11. Independent Australia · 8 days ago
    Compassion for refugees can undo Trump's influence on Australia
    Politics, Democracy, New Australians, Human rights
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  12. Independent Australia · 9 days ago
    Draconian social media ban doomed to fail
    Politics, Media, Law, Children
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  13. Independent Australia · 9 days ago
    No coming back from Trump
    Politics, Democracy, International
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  14. Independent Australia · 9 days ago
    Jane Caro calls for men to ‘get active’ on International Men’s Day
    Politics, Health, Women, Community
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  15. Independent Australia · 10 days ago
    Australia sets impressive trade records which newsrooms refuse to report
    Politics, Media, International, Economics
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  16. Independent Australia · 10 days ago
    Trump's runaway trolley piling up with cuckoo captain's picks
    Politics, Satire, International, Arts, Life & Arts
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  17. Independent Australia · 11 days ago
    Aussies still girt by monarchy
    Politics, Republic, Australia, International
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  18. Independent Australia · 12 days ago
    Alan Jones’ touching story
    Politics, Media, Crime
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  19. Independent Australia · 12 days ago
    Forty years on, Threads still delivers chilling nuclear message
    Politics, Film and drama, Arts, War
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  20. Independent Australia · 12 days ago
    Migrant settler nations at a crossroads on immigration policy
    Politics, New Australians, International, Economics
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  21. Independent Australia · 13 days ago
    Trump's tariffs and their effect on the Australian economy
    Politics, Australia, International, Finance, Economics
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  22. Independent Australia · 14 days ago
    Tim Winton’s latest novel 'Juice' poses a dreadful question
    Politics, Environment, Human rights, Science
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  23. Independent Australia · 14 days ago
    Senators and MPs encouraged to educate themselves on Palestine
    Politics, Media, International, War
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  24. Independent Australia · 14 days ago
    Hypocrisy rife at COP29 as fossil fuel groups gather
    Politics, International, Environment, Energy
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  25. Independent Australia · 15 days ago
    Countering the influence of 'mass man' with AI
    Politics, Education, Technology, Community
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  26. Independent Australia · 15 days ago
    Net migration in September quarter fell — but not enough
    Politics, New Australians, Economics
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  27. Independent Australia · 15 days ago
    War Memorial makes little effort to recognise Frontier Wars
    Politics, Australian history, Indigenous Australia, War
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  28. Independent Australia · 16 days ago
    Altruism among voters fading as selfishness prevails
    Politics, Democracy, Economics, Community
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  29. Independent Australia · 16 days ago
    U.S. Election not about economic anxiety, it’s about religious identity anxiety
    Politics, Democracy, International, Religion
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  30. Independent Australia · 16 days ago
    Trump taps into new media and rise in youth conservatism
    Politics, Democracy, Media, International
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  31. Independent Australia · 17 days ago
    Peter Dutton’s Liberals copy Trump’s playbook of falsehoods and fraud
    Politics, Democracy, International, Economics, Infrastructure
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  32. Independent Australia · 18 days ago
    Bob Hawke, the 'Silver Bodgie'  — even kids thought he was cool
    Politics, Australia, Arts, Life & Arts
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  33. Independent Australia · 19 days ago
    Stop crying over Trump: Start thinking about unchecked tech barons
    Politics, Democracy, Media, International
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  34. Independent Australia · 19 days ago
    Poor speech alienates hearing-impaired Australians
    Politics, Health, Community
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  35. Independent Australia · 19 days ago
    Trump, Dutton and calling a fascist a Fascist
    Politics, Democracy, Media, International
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  36. Independent Australia · 20 days ago
    What is sustainable growth of the onshore international education industry?
    Politics, New Australians, Education, Economics
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  37. Independent Australia · 20 days ago
    International Day of People with Disabilities: Amplification gone wrong
    Politics, Media, Sport, International, Disability
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  38. Independent Australia · 20 days ago
    Trump — the oldest, richest and first felon to be President
    Politics, International
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  39. Independent Australia · 21 days ago
    Trump's return brings misogynists out of hiding
    Politics, International, Discrimination, Women
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  40. Independent Australia · 21 days ago
    AUKUS proves Australia and U.S. to be an Odd Couple
    Politics, Literature, Defence, International
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  41. Independent Australia · 22 days ago
    Republic agenda still on the table 25 years after rejection
    Politics, Republic, Democracy
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  42. Independent Australia · 22 days ago
    All aboard the Trump train
    Politics, Democracy, Satire, International, Discrimination
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  43. Independent Australia · 22 days ago
    Australia’s 3G shutdown: Why your 4G/5G phone is now blocked
    Politics, Business, Consumers, Technology
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  44. Independent Australia · 23 days ago
    Trump’s return offers gains for Australia and other trade competitors
    Politics, Business, International, Economics
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  45. Independent Australia · 23 days ago
    Government bans social media fearing rise of 'Generation Left'
    Politics, Democracy, Media, Children
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  46. Independent Australia · 24 days ago
    Donald Trump wins presidency thanks to lack of media scrutiny
    Politics, Democracy, Media, International
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  47. Independent Australia · 24 days ago
    Rigging, robbery and rich men's resources
    Politics, Satire, International
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  48. Independent Australia · 25 days ago
    How a Victorian fruit merchant could be leading to answers to the climate crisis
    Politics, International, Environment, Energy
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  49. Independent Australia · 26 days ago
    Why an LNP win in outback QLD won't necessarily translate nationwide
    Politics, Queensland
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  50. Independent Australia · 26 days ago
    Transparency over nuclear reactors vital in making decisions
    Politics, Environment, Energy
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  51. Independent Australia · 27 days ago
    Trump Mark II: Chaos personified
    Politics, Democracy, International, Human rights, Women
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  52. Independent Australia · 27 days ago
    A blueprint for peace
    Politics, Human rights, Philosophy, War
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  53. Independent Australia · 28 days ago
    'Mean Streak' relives Robodebt horrors
    Politics, Crime, Law
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  54. Independent Australia · 28 days ago
    Trump won … but wait, Albo just got another flight upgrade!
    Politics, Democracy, Media, International
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  55. Independent Australia · 28 days ago
    John Shipton proclaims non-Western nations world's 'centre of gravity'
    Politics, Media, International, Human rights, Law
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  56. Independent Australia · 29 days ago
    Win or lose, Donald Trump’s weird boys are pacing in the wings
    Politics, Democracy, Media, International
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  57. Independent Australia · 30 days ago
    Third stage of student visa boom grinds on in September
    Politics, New Australians, Education, Economics
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  58. Independent Australia · about 1 month ago
    How Trump might steal election victory from Kamala Harris
    Politics, Democracy, International
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  59. Independent Australia · about 1 month ago
    Norway’s economy still leads the world, with Australia and the USA advancing
    Politics, International, Finance, Economics
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  60. Independent Australia · about 1 month ago
    Some very basic questions for the Reserve Bank of Australia
    Politics, Finance, Economics
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  61. Independent Australia · about 1 month ago
    POEM: The Odours
    Politics, Poetry and verse
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  62. Independent Australia · about 1 month ago
    Trump triumph? It's the end of the world as we know it
    Politics, Satire, International, Life & Arts
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  63. Independent Australia · about 1 month ago
    'Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections.' So they should
    Politics, Indigenous Australia, International, Queensland, Children
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  64. Independent Australia · about 1 month ago
    Morals versus ethics: Australia's flawed justice system
    Politics, Indigenous Australia, Crime, Law
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  65. Independent Australia · about 1 month ago
    School lunches, royal tours, foreign wars & the myth of Australia’s classless society
    Politics, Republic, Democracy, Media, Queensland, Children, War
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  66. Independent Australia · about 1 month ago
    Israel proclaims itself chief mourner, as Gaza lies in ruins
    Politics, International, Human rights, Crime, Law, War
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  67. Independent Australia · about 2 months ago
    Etiquette tips for awed commoners when meeting King Chukka
    Politics, Republic, Satire
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  68. Independent Australia · 4 months ago
    Peter Dutton demonises Gaza refugees for political point-scoring
    Politics, New Australians, International, War
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