
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 days ago |
independentaustralia.net | Alan Austin
News outlets must choose between majority or own selfish interests By Alan Austin | 21 April 2025, 8:00am | comments | Sorry, we experienced a little error. The development team has been notified and will rectify it shortly.
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1 week ago |
independentaustralia.net | Alan Austin
Over time, academic, popular, local and foreign journal analyses show that Labor governments have managed Australia’s economy far better than the Coalition, writes Alan Austin. IF HISTORY REPEATS, Anthony Albanese's Labor Government will soon be returned with a reduced majority. But will it repeat? The May 3rd poll will be the 31st Federal Election since the Second World War. Labor has won 11, while the Liberal Party – alone or in Coalition – has won 19.
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2 weeks ago |
independentaustralia.net | Alan Austin
More data has emerged confirming the Liberal-led Coalition's cost-of-living crisis is now behind us, but mainstream journalists don't share it. Alan Austin reports. SPARE A THOUGHT for the sorry losers paid to report Australia’s economy. Instructions from on high – whether from Rupert Murdoch, Gina Rinehart, Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) or Liberal Party HQ – seemingly require them to insist Australia is still in a cost-of-living crisis and living standards are falling.
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3 weeks ago |
johnmenadue.com | Alan Austin
The Coalition’s repeated claims that Australia’s economy is one of the world’s strongest can be refuted by simply looking at the numbers. At every opportunity, Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg declare that our economy today is one of the strongest in the advanced world, as the PM did at the 22-second mark in the recent televised leaders debate, then again several times later. This is not just false but the diametric opposite of the truth, and is extremely easy to disprove.
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3 weeks ago |
johnmenadue.com | Alan Austin
The Coalition has just doubled all government debt accumulated since Federation. In under six years.Alan Austin reports. Australias gross debt updated Friday morning has just clicked over the magic number of $543,409,430,000. This is exactly double all debt accumulated by every government between Federation and the 2013 election. Thats right. The Coalition has added more debt in five and a half years than all governments over the preceding 118 years.
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There actually was a cost of living crunch in Australia. It began in 2021 when the Coalition lost control of the economy. It ended in 2023, when wages rose, spending on luxuries soared and indicators of wealth reached all-time highs. https://t.co/xBc85Yy0g9 via @IndependentAus

The data shows a strong upswing in sales of luxuries, confirming prosperity is back after the dismal Coalition years. Meanwhile, their craven plants in the media continue to make citizens miserable by refusing to report the recovery. https://t.co/ufKAxRFC1K via @IndependentAus

Australia’s newsrooms routinely publish concocted “stories” which urge voters to feel helpless, depressed and angry at the Prime Minister. This does not happen in Finland, nor in most other advanced democracies. https://t.co/bFCh9yzmou via @IndependentAus