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Western hypocrisy calls for Iran to de-escalate, not retaliate

3 days ago | independentaustralia.net | Binoy Kampmark

In the upside-down logic of Western diplomacy, bombing is peace and retaliation is provocation, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark. DE-ESCALATION has become one of those coarse words in severe need of banishment, best kept in an index used by unredeemable hypocrites. It is used by the living dead in human resources, management worthies and war criminals.
Labor talks tough as U.S. pushes for defence hike

2 weeks ago | independentaustralia.net | Callum Murray

Albanese rejects U.S. calls to raise defence spending, but history suggests Labor folds when the strategic pressure starts to rise, writes Callum Seán Murray. U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENCE Pete Hegseth recently called on Australia to raise its defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP as soon as practicable. At present, it sits at 2 per cent. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was quick to rebuff such calls, claiming that Australia makes its own sovereign decisions.
Australia condemns LA Police for rubber bullets after quietly arming our own

2 weeks ago | independentaustralia.net | Tom Tanuki

The Australian media's explainers on rubber bullets don't explain that our police have them too — and that they use them here, on us. Tom Tanuki reports. THERE'S BEEN MUCH DISCUSSION about rubber bullets since Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi was shot with one in LA while covering the brutal American police and military crackdown on growing anti-ICE protests.
Hell hath no fury like a bro scorned: Trump, Musk and alpha masculinity

2 weeks ago | independentaustralia.net | Carl Rhodes

The bromance is over between U.S. President Donald Trump and his senior advisor Elon Musk — but the real loser of their feud is democracy, writes Carl Rhodes. JUST FOUR SHORT MONTHS ago, tech mogul Elon Musk declared:'I love @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight man can love another man.'Musk’s announcement of his passionate adoration reflects the authoritarian homosocial excess that characterises these post-woke days.
Brittany Higgins' new role is the start of a system overhaul

3 weeks ago | independentaustralia.net | Zayda Dollie

*CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rapeBrittany Higgins isn’t a hero for enduring rape, but for speaking out about it over voices determined to drown hers out, writes Zayda Dollie. FORMER LIBERAL STAFFER Brittany Higgins, who came forward with rape allegations against Bruce Lehrmann in 2021, has just announced her return to public life. The 30-year-old former media advisor to the Liberal Party has been appointed as the new director of public affairs for PR agency Third Hemisphere.
The two-party system is falling apart

3 weeks ago | independentaustralia.net | Klaas Woldring

Australia’s electoral system handed Labor a landslide, but unless it uses this moment to fix our broken democracy, it may one day be the one left behind. Dr Klaas Woldring writes. THE HUGE ELECTION WIN by the ALP is actually an overstatement of the actual result. The reality is that the first preferences for the ALP represent just over a third of the total primary vote, 34.5 per cent.
CARTOONS: New-look Liberal Party finds old jokers no laughing matter

3 weeks ago | independentaustralia.net | Mark David

And so the squabbling goes on... Check out Mark's YouTube channel, where he teaches you how to draw cartoons!Mark David is IA's resident cartoonist. You can see more of his cartoons on his website, Mark David Cartoons, or follow him on Twitter/X @mdavidcartoons. Support independent journalism Subscribe to IA. Liberal rear-view mirror: Will Liberals follow Donald Trump or Bob Menzies?
Regional Australians still waiting on bank reforms

3 weeks ago | independentaustralia.net | Dale Webster

A year of government inaction on regional bank closures has left rural Australians without answers or services, writes Dale Webster. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT Federal Government inquiries into welfare issues specific to regional Australia in decades handed down its final report a year ago this week. The Senate inquiry into regional bank closures spanned 15 months, held 13 hearings across Australia and received more than 600 submissions.
Jobs, inflation and luxury spending all keep setting records

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.
The politics of violence and repression in the wake of Israeli embassy shooting

4 weeks ago | independentaustralia.net | Tom Tanuki

Shutting down discussion on the Israeli embassy shooting can't be our only response — otherwise, talking about violence becomes no different to promoting it, writes Tom Tanuki. A FRIEND AND COMRADE sent me the Israeli embassy shooter’s manifesto, published by Ken Klippenstein. They thought I’d find it worthwhile reading.