The boy who went bush This timeless image of Matthew Naughton (pictured with a rabbit trap around his neck) made 'The Valley Voice' front page in 1978.

Looking at Australia through the lens of award-winning photojournalist Bill McAuley.
The boy who went bush
~ Bill McAuley

CARTOONS: Australia takes a stand Elsewhere, the Epstein-file saga stretches on.

Elsewhere, the Epstein-file saga stretches on...
CARTOONS: Australia takes a stand
~ Mark David Cartoons

Greenie guru: The Bend of Islands' bushie who broke boundaries Greenie guru and artist Neil Douglas pictured in his studio at Melbourne's Bend of Islands.

Wildly unconventional and a passionate conservationist, Neil Douglas was prominent in establishing the Bend of Islands Environmental Living Zone.
Greenie guru: The Bend of Islands' bushie who broke boundaries
~ Bill McAuley

CARTOONS: The world is waking up to Gaza Yet, too many politicians are starved of conscience.

Yet too many politicians are starved of conscience...
CARTOONS: The world is waking up to Gaza
~ Mark David Cartoons

CARTOONS: Libs left to lick wounds of own making Leadership candidates face bona fide facts — 'humblebrag' diplomacy won't win you an election in Australia.

Leadership candidates face bona fide facts — 'humblebrag' diplomacy won't win you an election in Australia.
CARTOONS: Libs left to lick wounds of own making
~ Mark David Cartoons

Labor leaders past: Something to smile about Between 2007 and 2013, Labor prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard "played musical chairs".

Winners are grinners...
Labor leaders past: Something to smile about
~ Bill McAuley

CARTOONS: There's something fishy about Mark David And when you don't know... vote 'no'.

The pointy end of Australian politics... time to vote!
CARTOONS: There's something fishy about Mark David
~ Mark David Cartoons

CARTOONS: Dutton dogged by dipping polls The adage about "dogs" and "fleas"? Also on the lips and tips of the nation.

Today's Friday Funny right on the "Mark"!
CARTOONS: Dutton dogged by dipping polls
~ Mark David Cartoons

Anzac Day a family affair A young boy, complete with slouch hat, salutes in front of Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance on Anzac Day.

A young boy, complete with slouch hat, salutes in front of Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance on Anzac Day.
Anzac Day a family affair
~ Bill McAuley

Why Chalmers won't be baited by media misreporting the economy Australia's incompetent mainstream newsrooms continue feeding the nation anti-Labor editorials as the Federal Election looms. Here's why Jim Chalmers won't take the bait.

Australia’s incompetent mainstream newsrooms continue feeding the nation anti-Labor editorials as the Federal Election looms. (See article below.)

📸 #independent
👁️ #auspol

Muzzling Māori voice: NZ responds to attack on Treaty New Zealanders continue gathering to oppose a political threat to the Treaty of Waitangi, which protects Māori rights.

ACT's desire to “ringfence” Māori influence in the co-governance of NZ is viewed by many as a smear on the country’s largely progressive bi-cultural relationship.

Muzzling Māori voice: NZ responds to attack on Treaty
~ Cherie Moselen

with NZ (and USA) media choosing not to cover any of this, it's heartening to find this thread and all the replies from Americans gathering everywhere to say fuck no to facism. #50501movement

Spike Milligan: The 'goon' who loved Australia Former actor and comedian Spike Milligan often visited Australia to spend time at his brother's place in Woy Woy, NSW.

'Eye for Australia': Iconic shots from photojournalist Bill McAuley.
Spike Milligan: The 'goon' who loved Australia
~ Bill Mcauley

The Lattouf trial: A question of bias at the ABC
To read more, click on the link below
independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...
📸 Independent
👁️ #auspol

Kia ora, Tanya! Thanks so much for this... it's why I spoke about RSB in my article. Def think it's the more dangerous bill. I'm doing a follow-up story soon. Thanks so much for the interest and for sharing the piece!

There's a fight going on across the Tasman... NZ's Treaty, which protects Māori interests, is under threat. #toitūtetiriti
To read more, click article linked below.

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

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Devil in the double-bill detail: Attacks on Treaty Following Australia's rejection of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, New Zealanders are currently battling threats to the Treaty of Waitangi that exists to protect Māori interests.

There's a fight going on across the Tasman... NZ's Treaty, which protects Māori interests, is under threat.

Devil in the double-bill detail: Attacks on Treaty
~ Cherie Moselen
#toitūtetiriti

So, Elon Musk did a one-armed salute: Here's what's more important The really fascist stuff on Trump’s inauguration day wasn’t Elon’s right arm — it was the executive orders turning the United States of America into an ultranationalist garrison state.

The really fascist stuff on Trump’s inauguration day wasn’t Elon’s right arm — it was the executive orders turning the USA into an ultranationalist garrison state.

📸 Independent
👁️ #auspol

Elon Musk's Nazi-like salutes and Meta's "technical error" usher in Trump's Far-Right "new world order". (Click on article below to read more.)
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
📸 Independent
👁️ #auspo

News Corp shapes its content for political advocacy? Let us count the ways (click on linked article below to read more).
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

📸 Independent
👁️ #auspol

IA Writing Competition Most Compelling Article 2024 — The perils of indifference: History repeats itself in Gaza This beautifully written and compelling May article on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, by Dr Kim Sawyer, has won first prize in our IA Writing Competition Most Compelling Article 2024.

A beautifully written and compelling article on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
IA Writing Competition Most Compelling Article 2024 — The perils of indifference: History repeats itself in Gaza
~ Dr Kim Sawyer

Can the veiled power of the Press Council be wielded against Mount Fang? (See article linked below)
independentaustralia.net/business/bus...
📸 Independent
👁️ #auspol

Bias, much, ABC?
To read more, click on the link below!
independentaustralia.net/life/art-dis...

📸 Independent
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ABC propels Dutton’s disinformation dealers Another day, another barking lie from Dutton and his brazen band of disinformation dealers, now regularly guest-starring on the ABC.

Sneak preview of my latest piece, out tomorrow morning, which looks at the ABC's platforming of Dutton and his brazen band of disinformation dealers' barking lies:

Barely concealed racism pedalled by our politicians. Shame.
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
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Filed under “stuff you won’t hear in Australian conservative media”

'Ban' social media? A 20th-Century solution to a 21st-Century problem? Click on the article below for more:
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

📸 Independent
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Snapshot of IA's report on the frenzied campaign by Murdoch's global media to undermine Australia. (link below)
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

📸 Independent
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You make a valid point... but Dutton's gonna make things easier for the have-nots?

The former shock jock, ruthless powerbroker & alleged sexual predator has been pretty much 'untouchable' for decades...

Snapshot from 'Alan Jones’ touching story' by IA's Michelle Pini (link below).
independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...

📸 Independent
👁️ #auspol