Alan Austin
Freelance Reporter at Freelance
Production Director at The Beaver
Freelance Writer at Michael West Media
Freelance Writer at Independent Australia
Freelance journo in France, ex ABC Radio, ex World Vision, ex Nation Review, ex Crosslight, has worked in Australia, Indonesia, China and now Europe.
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3 weeks ago |
independentaustralia.net | Alan Austin
While MPs take a welcome break after the fire and fury of the May election campaign, the economy is ticking over nicely, as Alan Austin reports. NATIONAL ELECTIONS that change governments in liberal democracies, or threaten to do so, risk economic instability. Canadians, who went to the polls in late April, watched their jobless numbers increase every month from January to April. The stock market index tumbled from a peak of 25,808 in late January to 24,763 on election eve.
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1 month ago |
independentaustralia.net | Alan Austin
The May Election confirmed no appetite for U.S.-style religious meddling in Australia’s politics, as Alan Austin reports. THE SOLITARY SENATOR elected by supporters of Clive Palmer’s recent right-wing nutter political parties has declared his religious outlook. Victorian Senator Ralph Babet tweeted last week: ‘You can never defeat me. My resolve is unbreakable, my strength eternal. I will never tire, for I am driven by a higher purpose.
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1 month ago |
independentaustralia.net | Alan Austin
The influence of the malicious mainstream newsrooms should be reassessed following Labor’s stunning landslide, as Alan Austin reports. IT IS CURIOUS to note that on lists of urgent action demanded of the returned Albanese Labor Government, media reform does not appear. This is the first election Labor has won in living memory when this has been the case. And it is the first election since 2007 when Australia’s media have not been widely lambasted for their treachery in manipulating the result.
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1 month ago |
independentaustralia.net | Alan Austin
Labor’s winning margin virtually guarantees it two terms of significant reform, with more beyond that highly likely. Alan Austin reports. PROFESSIONAL ANALYSTS and political bloggers are referring to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s election victory with clichés like ‘unprecedented mandate’, ‘stonking majority’, ‘you only get one Dutton in your lifetime’, ‘legacy’ and ‘imprint on the nation’.
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1 month ago |
independentaustralia.net | Alan Austin
Saturday’s electoral mauling of the Coalition was a resounding rejection of the media lies and distortions, as Alan Austin reports. THE EDITORIAL WRITER for the Australian Financial Review (AFR) who prepared last week’s endorsement for the 2025 Election had the easiest assignment of his or her career. This time around, the choice was crystal clear. The first task was to identify the key issues, which the AFR did well. There were 11.
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Like many wannabe dictators, Trump delights in ordering deaths. In his first term he executed more than 4 times the death row prisoners killed by former presidents in the previous 60 years. He has now resumed killing inmates this term. https://t.co/NgOwrsNaZu via @IndependentAus
Australia recorded 14 straight quarters of quarterly growth and 17 quarters of annual growth — the only OECD economy with that status. The weak March quarter outcomes in comparable nations underscore the challenges, with trade destabilised by Donald Trump’s destructive stupidity.
Jim Chalmers’ economy keeps breaking records. The jobless in April marked 41 months below 4.25%, the longest streak ever. Australia is the only nation with jobless below 4.2%, inflation below 2.4% and GDP growth for the last 3 years. https://t.co/c9gtP3QWqk via @IndependentAus