Oh please, shoot me now!
Anybody who watched – sorry, laboured through the ABC’s QandA shoot me now could not have helped to notice that, despite the multitude of tweets […]
Howard’s Golden Years
Do you remember how good life was under the Howard Government? How we were all made to feel safe from terrorists and boat people? Remember […]
Tony Abbott: At war with the Universe
It’s not unusual for a politician to stand against, rather than for something. John Howard’s dismissal of climate change (until he reckoned there were a […]
The Scourge of the Swing Voter
Happy Australia Day! Last night I went to the inaugural Adelaide Wonk Drinks. It was, as promised, heaps good. I had my very first offline […]
Voting for action
In our previous piece, Climate change ‘a lay person’s dilemma’ John Lord provided a logical argument in consideration as to whether to believe or not […]
Was Australia invaded or settled?
Was Australia invaded or settled? This article was first drafted this time last year in response to a passionate debate around Australia Day on whether […]
Andrew Bolt: the globe-trotting weather presenter
Believe in climate change or not, there is no denying that the most vociferous and fanatical arguments come from those kitchen table scientists who do […]
News media: A little word, a big effect
I sometimes pick up on some sloppy reporting, deliberate spin or bias in the mainstream news media (MSM). It always creates huge interest on Twitter […]
Do some research and you’ll find it’s OK not to be black enough
Aborigines face the unending task of resisting attempts, on the one hand to cut them off from their heritage, and on the other to bury […]
Keep voting compulsory
Compulsory voting – or the removal of it – has been in the news a bit lately. I’m not surprised. Nick Minchin had his fingers […]
The people versus Murdoch
Plato (428-348 BC) was opposed to the use of the written word; convinced that it destroyed memory. People, he argued, wouldn’t bother to memorise facts […]
Welcome to The Australian Independent Media Network
The idea of The Australian Independent Media Network sprung up overnight in response partly to this quote from the Under the radar article on the […]