The Australian Independent Media Network

When the establishment journalism of Nicholas Kristof of that most establishment of papers, The New York Times, draws the ire of a foreign regime, and an unnaturally allied foreign regime at that, a pulse might […]

By Denis Hay   Description Australian Dream: What changed? Explore housing, jobs, education and living standards, and whether the dream can still be achieved. Introduction When I left school at 15 in 1957, finding work was […]

DAWE: Prime Minister. Women who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State have returned to Australia. CLARKE: That’s correct. Two flights. DAWE: Did the government bring them back? CLARKE: We provided no assistance. I want […]

By Walt Zlotow   China’s relationship with Taiwan is essentially none of our (USA’s) business. Yet we continue to risk war 8,000 miles from the Homeland on China’s doorstep by provoking confrontation with China with massive […]

There comes a point when the language of war stops matching the reality of it: Bombed apartment blocks become “targets” Dead children become “collateral damage” Starving civilians become “human shields” And anyone who questions the […]

“I am an invisible man.” Ralph Ellison begins his masterpiece with a declaration that has never lost its charge or its dark, grievous wit. Not a ghost. Not a metaphor. A man of flesh and […]

Dedication: To my wife – who taught me that silence is not neutrality. It is a choice. The Evidence That Cannot Be Ignored On 22 May 2026, a coalition of human rights organisations – Amnesty […]

Revealing a steely yet erratic contempt of the law, the US Department of Justice is showing, again, how it became the spear carrier for kooky ideas and vengeful projects. No leader is seemingly safe from […]

Picture the scene. You’ve spent three days researching, writing, editing and polishing a piece on, say, Australia’s housing crisis, or the slow-motion collapse of the NDIS, or whatever fresh new hell or train-wreck of a […]

By James Moore   “I am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists). Every generation of Americans has faced […]

The Return of the Banned Supercrop – Why Hemp is the Answer to Australia’s Housing and Climate Crisis Dedication: To my wife – who is not a hippie but likes her garden. The Plant that […]

By Denis Hay   Description Why Australians are abandoning the major parties. Housing affordability, cost of living pressures, trust and political reform are reshaping Australian politics. Introduction For decades, Australian politics was remarkably predictable. Most voters […]