Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Commonwealth Day and the sound of crickets

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So, a few days ago, was Commonwealth Day. Monday, 10/3/2025 was meant to be a day of observance for the approximately one billion people of...
Sunday, February 02, 2025

Abbott’s Knightmare ‘Captain’s Pick’ – 10 years on

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Australia Day 2025 was the 10th anniversary of Prime Minister Tony Abbott using the Australia Day’s honour list to award Prince Philip wit...
Monday, October 21, 2024

Aussies are still girt by monarchy

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So, KCIII has finally turned up. King Charles III has finally undertaken the Australian leg of his victory lap of the Commonwealth. Surely, ...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

14 years of independent journalism: Happy Birthday Independent Australia!

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Yesterday was  Independent A ustralia 's 14th birthday. The anniversary of the establishment of I A  on 24 June 2010 comes a few days a...
Friday, May 31, 2024

Crisis Averted

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Saturday, November 11, 2023

Remembering the 1999 Republic Referendum

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November is always a time of remembering. It is when you reflect upon the year, do annual reviews, weigh up what’s been achieved and what ha...
Monday, October 02, 2023

King Charles III avoids victory lap of the Commonwealth

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Today is the first time Queenslanders have had a public holiday to celebrate the birthday of King Charles III and yet there has been no vict...
Friday, September 01, 2023

35 golden years celebrating National Wattle Day

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  September 1 marks 35 th anniversary of Golden Wattle as Australia’s national floral emblem, as well as the 30 th anniversary of the Au...