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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'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

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... 📸 Independent 👁️ #auspol

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

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

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 👁️ #auspol

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... 📸 Independent 👁️ #auspol

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 👁️ #auspol

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

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

I’m not giving up. I refuse to live in a world where my daughter/granddaughter have less rights than I did. Where the LGBTQIA’s, 2SBIPOC, Immigrants, Women are treated less than human. I’m still grieving but continue to fight the fight 💙

Oh, so true. Once again Wilcox nails it. Cartoons often say more than a 1500 word opinion pieve.

Musk's next move: A fragrance... 'Trump', perhaps? CARTOONS: How long before Elon owns the galaxy? ~ Mark David Cartoons 📸 Independent 👁️ #auspol

Peter Dutton did promise but has failed to deliver! Dutton could never be trusted and never will!

A letter sent to all 227 Australian MPs and senators aims to encourage ‘wider reading on the origins of the Middle East conflict’. Senators and MPs encouraged to educate themselves on Palestine ~ Rosemary Sorensen independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

The real state of Australia's economy... that you won't get from mainstream media. 📸 Independent 👁️ #auspol independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

They have caught a dodgy airport worker though and a prison guard smuggling drugs up his bum It cost us about $57.5 million in the NACC's first year to achieve that - and I wish I was joking

Key Highlights from COP29: A Glimpse into Global Climate Action Read the breakdown of what's happening, what needs to be done next, and the progress is looking. Read all about in our latest blog: earthplan.net/f/key-highli...

Snapshot from IA article on the failings of COP29: independentaustralia.net/politics/pol... 📸 Independent 👁️ #auspol

Treaty of Waitangi: Learn tonight then Hikoi tomorrow Kia Kaha #nzpol #auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsSJ...

Snapshot from article by IA's Managing Editor Michelle Pini: independentaustralia.net/business/bus... 📸 Independent 👁️ #auspol

Three things progressives need to accept about Trump voters: 👉🏻They don’t care about your facts or what is true - they decide what is true 👉🏻They don’t care how Trump behaves - actually, the worse the better because that demonstrates his power 👉🏻They don’t want equality, they want inequality.

Snapshot from a great article by IA columnist Alan Austin... independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

We are not property. Stay out of our lives. #SheShed

Dutton is such an angry man. He criticises the government but he always delays announcing his own policies. The media needs to ask him why the last LNP government didn’t fix issues like migration numbers when they were in government. Dutton now appears to be opposing virtually all gov. legislation.

Always.

re a certain events in Sydney... there are contempt laws and public comment is often used to argue the inability for there to be a fair trial....

Renewable energy scare campaign adds apples and oranges to get $500bn. Murdoch papers telling lies. The consultancy took the $122bn sum in today's money. If you don’t adjust for inflation, you end up (with a couple of adjustments)with $642bn by 2050 #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The most pertinent question for Australia's next election coming out of the US in recent weeks is how do we communicate how bad the LNP has been to people who confidently consume the Murdoch media?

Libs website with a list of 'achievements'... The 'verifiable' facts are: Worst budget outcomes in history. Aged care neglected. Tanking The Voice. Do Liberal propagandists think their supporters can't read?

Let’s work on building the Resistance in this place — if you’re around, I’m excited to follow each one of you. 🦋 Repost this, and I’ll follow you! It’s definitely easier than scrolling through the follower list. Others can follow you too! 😊 #MakeAmericaSmartAgain

If you don't think what happens in America matters here... Trump, Dutton and calling a fascist a Fascist ~ @michellepini.bsky.social