Meanwhile, Donald Trump gets heavy with Harvard.

As global trade tensions escalate, Asia-Pacific economies must rethink strategies to protect growth, jobs and development gains, writes Armida Alisjahbana. THE GLOBAL TRADE environment is shifting ...

IA believes that true democracy is impossible in Australia under the current party system, which exercises strict party discipline to maintain power and subvert the will of the people. Read more about ...

Dr Michael Davis majored in zoology and genetics at Sydney University before entering teaching. He has a Master of Asian Studies and a PhD from Griffith University.

No stranger to controversy, Peter Dutton's offensive pattern of behaviour continues to darken his political career, writes Belinda Jones. OPPOSITION LEADER Peter Dutton is no stranger to controversy.

Figures in last Tuesday’s Budget Papers show the Coalition has cost Australians more than 400 billion dollars in waste and rorts, as Alan Austin reports. WE CAN NOW quantify the losses to the economy ...

Australia's mainstream news media is largely tied to the Liberal Party which is driving our nation towards authoritarianism, writes Richard Gillies. AUSTRALIA’S MEDIA is more concentrated than in some ...

The campaign against the Voice to Parliament has ties with companies that have long been misinforming the public about the climate crisis, writes Dr Jeremy Walker. AUSTRALIANS WILL SOON vote to ...

Independent Australia founder and director David Donovan pays tribute to one of this country's most valued journalists, Mungo MacCallum. VERY SAD to hear that Mungo MacCallum has died. An Independent ...

The two major parties’ leaders are demonstrating their colossal ignorance and refusal to deal with a grim future and the most critical issues facing this nation, writes Sue Arnold. THE RECENT ...

In the first of a two part update, paedophile ring survivor Fiona Barnett shares her experiences since testifying before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse, including ...

Unsurprisingly, the conservative media has failed to scrutinise Peter Dutton's nuclear plan, once again displaying bias towards the Coalition, writes Dr Victoria Fielding. WHEN OPPOSITION LEADER Peter ...