The Australian Independent Media Network

A massacre demands clarity, not opportunism. Honouring the dead means resisting the rush to weaponise grief and insisting on evidence before politics raises its voice. Australia’s Bondi Beach massacre demands grief, respect, fairness and empathy […]

You already know this sentence. You’ve heard it on the radio, seen it scroll past on TV, skimmed it in your news app on the tram, “A woman has been found dead in her home. […]

A ritual of outrage Every few years Australian politics performs the same ritual. The cameras swing. The spreadsheets surface. A minister’s travel claims appear on breakfast television while presenters adopt the tone usually reserved for […]

By James Moore I sat at the foot of the bed and listened. We were in an artist’s loft in Manhattan and the woman lying there was crying, shivering in great fear. She was being […]

Every few weeks, a man I’ll call “Mark” gets in his car in the dark and points it up the highway. Three hours later he walks into the secure dementia unit. His mother is in […]

By A Concerned Reader   Australia’s Support at Home reform was sold as a modernisation: streamlined access, consistent assessments, reduced confusion and faster care. Instead, only weeks into implementation, the system is generating avoidable reviews, […]

This article examines a developing crisis in Australian public integrity: the systematic use of encrypted and unminuted communications between lobbyists and the highest levels of government to evade transparency laws. Drawing on recent investigative reporting […]

How the AUKUS Caucus built a cargo cult and called it strategy. There’s a certain kind of Australian politician who never quite grew out of childhood. You know the type: Richard Marles, Tony Abbott, Christopher […]

Modern nutrition science tells a more complicated story than food labels suggest. When fat or sugar is stripped out, flavour, texture, and shelf life still have to come from somewhere – and the replacements are […]

In the spirit of harmonisation with our closest ally, Australia has announced it will begin applying United States–style entry requirements to all visitors under its visa waiver arrangements. Officials say the move will ensure consistency, […]