Michelle Pini

Gangsters, genocide and gagging dissent As Trump's world domination plans go into overdrive, managing editor Michelle Pini discusses the collapse of international law, the silencing of those who speak out and the powers that fueled an Anti....

As Trump's world domination plans go into overdrive, managing editor Michelle Pini discusses the collapse of international law, the silencing of those who speak out and the powers that fueled an Antisemitism RC.
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Gangsters, genocide and gagging dissent
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#1 STORY OF 2025: 75 reasons why Dutton is unfit to be PM And finally to #1, by managing editor Michelle Pini, who in January built on the earlier work of columnist Belinda Jones to remind voters why Peter Dutton was unsuitable to lead Australia. Well done.....

And finally to #1, by managing editor Michelle Pini, who in January built on the earlier work of columnist Belinda Jones to show just why Peter Dutton was rejected by the people of Australia early last year. Well done Michelle — and Belinda! @michellepini.bsky.social @belindajones68.bsky.social

#7 TOP IA STORY OF 2025: Daily Telegraph tries to stage antisemitic incident Exposing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp as a News Creation factory has been IA's thankless task for more than 15 years. This stunning February exposé by editor Michelle Pini about Sydney's Daily Travest.....

Exposing Murdoch's News Corp news creation factory has been IA's task for 15 years. Another Sydney Daily Travesty chapter in a long and sorry saga here....
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Bondi after the bullets I was at a birthday dinner when I received a message from my brother that immediately felt wrong. It was disjointed and unclear, as if something serious had happened but hadn’t yet settled into word.....

I was at a birthday dinner when I received a message from my brother that immediately felt wrong. It was disjointed and unclear, as if something serious had happened but hadn’t yet settled into words. I rang him straight away.
~ Michael Cohen
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Chris Hedges speaks to IA on the Gaza genocide, Bondi and 'blowback' YouTube video by IndependentAus

"If you peddle the false narrative that Israel doles out, you're not going to pay a price. Challenge that narrative, they're gonna come for you."

Chris Hedges speaks to IA on the Gaza genocide, Bondi and 'blowback'
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Chris Hedges speaks to IA about Gaza genocide, Bondi and 'blowback' In this special Indy Eye podcast, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins Michelle Pini to discuss

Pulitzer Prize-winning journo Chris Hedges and I discussed "blowback" from the ongoing Gaza genocide, the shocking Bondi attack & that "interview" w David Marr.
Chris Hedges speaks to IA about Gaza genocide, Bondi and 'blowback'
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Using the slain: Israel exploits the Bondi beach shootings​​​​​​​ Netanyahu has used the Bondi murders to weaponise antisemitism — pressuring Australia to silence Palestine and deflect scrutiny of Israel’s war.

Netanyahu has used the Bondi murders to weaponise antisemitism — pressuring Australia to silence Palestine and deflect scrutiny of Israel’s war.
~ Dr Binoy Kampmark

Using the slain: Israel exploits the Bondi beach shootings​​​​​​​
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Chris Hedges speaks to IA about Gaza genocide, Bondi and 'blowback' In this special Indy Eye podcast, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins Michelle Pini to discuss

Pulitzer Prize-winning journo Chris Hedges and I discussed "blowback" from the ongoing Gaza genocide, the shocking Bondi attack & that "interview" w David Marr.
Chris Hedges speaks to IA about Gaza genocide, Bondi and 'blowback'
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How many Robodebts will it take to end government cover-ups? We may have had a Royal Commission into its systemic failures and voted in a new Federal Labor Government in the meantime, but two years on from the Robodebt findings, what has really changed?

We may have had a Royal Commission into its systemic failures and voted in a new Federal Labor Government in the meantime, but two years on from the Robodebt findings, what has really changed?
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Firebombed friendlyjordies still receiving death threats Three years on from the firebombing of the home of Jordan Shanks, AKA friendlyjordies, an ABC Four Corners reporter has allegedly made death threats against the YouTuber.

“Since the bombing, Jordan has been on high alert because it didn’t stop with the bombing. Very blunt death threats have been made to him and his producers about what would happen...
The man who delivered the threats works for ABC 4 Corners.
'Firebombed friendlyjordies still receiving death threats'

Firebombed friendlyjordies still receiving death threats Three years on from the firebombing of the home of Jordan Shanks, AKA friendlyjordies, an ABC Four Corners reporter has allegedly made death threats against the YouTuber.

Three years on from the firebombing of the home of Jordan Shanks, AKA friendlyjordies, an ABC Four Corners reporter has allegedly made death threats against the YouTuber.
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Cultivating paradise: Olivia Laing and the politics of the garden Through Olivia Laing’s The Garden Against Time, the garden becomes more than a refuge — it’s a living battleground of beauty, class and conscience.

Through Olivia Laing’s The Garden Against Time, the garden becomes more than a refuge — it’s a living battleground of beauty, class and conscience.

Cultivating paradise: Olivia Laing and the politics of the garden
~ Dr Rosemary Sorensen

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Unseeing genocide: How the West lost Its moral compass in Gaza A brutal reckoning with the West’s complicity, as Gaza shatters the illusion of morality and exposes empire’s true reflection.

A brutal reckoning with the West’s complicity, as Gaza shatters the illusion of morality and exposes empire’s true reflection.

Unseeing genocide: How the West lost Its moral compass in Gaza
~ Yuki Lindley

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Online but outpaced: Australia’s digital drift Australia may be online, but a growing gap in speed, skills and strategy shows we’re losing pace with global digital leaders.

Australia may be online, but a growing gap in speed, skills and strategy shows we’re losing pace with global digital leaders.

Online but outpaced: Australia’s digital drift
~ Paul Budde

Compulsory voting under scrutiny amid claims it breeds political apathy While hailed as a model of fairness, compulsory voting may be breeding apathy instead.

While hailed as a model of fairness, compulsory voting may be breeding apathy instead.

Compulsory voting under scrutiny amid claims it breeds political apathy
~ Dr Binoy Kampmark

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Wong’s world: Diplomacy under the shadow of America Penny Wong’s cautious diplomacy reveals Australia’s struggle to balance loyalty to the U.S. with the need for genuine independence on the world stage.

Penny Wong’s cautious diplomacy reveals Australia’s struggle to balance loyalty to the U.S. with the need for genuine independence on the world stage.

Wong’s world: Diplomacy under the shadow of America
~ Mark Beeson

A clogged visa system only rewards the unscrupulous A growing number of people in Australia remain stuck in immigration limbo.

A growing number of people in Australia remain stuck in immigration limbo.
~ Dr Abul Rizvi

A clogged visa system only rewards the unscrupulous
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Implacable, unswerving, innovative, incorruptible – standing up to bullies – no one does it like IA. You'll miss it when it's gone.
You can save IA!
No one does news like Independent Australia: The facts say #SaveIA!
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JEFF MCMULLEN: Counting nuclear warheads in the new arms race The United States, Russia and China are spending tens of billions of dollars on new nuclear weapons, modernising their missiles, strategic bomber aircraft and nuclear submarines.

The United States, Russia and China are spending tens of billions of dollars on new nuclear weapons, modernising their missiles, strategic bomber aircraft and nuclear submarines.

JEFF MCMULLEN: Counting nuclear warheads in the new arms race

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All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.

Awed Albo abandons republic (and Australia's dignity) in haste to embrace King Charles Albo's recent meeting with Charles Windsor and avid declaration that Australia would not become a fully independent nation had interesting echoes to the past.

Albo's recent meeting with Charles Windsor and avid declaration that Australia would not become a fully independent nation had interesting echoes to the past.
@davrosz.bsky.social
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Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

INDY EYE VIDEO PODCAST: Media legend Jeff McMullen joins IA Media legend Dr Jeff McMullen AM shares his thoughts on Donald Trump and the conservative narrative fueling our fear of difference, AI and the future of Australian media, and his Aboriginal rights...

Media legend Dr Jeff McMullen AM shares his thoughts on Donald Trump and the conservative narrative fueling our fear of difference, AI and the future of Australian media, and his Aboriginal rights activism. @michellepini.bsky.social

Division but no Joy or vision from Ley’s Liberals The PM wearing a Joy Division T-shirt is the new topic du jour about which to feign outrage, in case anyone was wondering.

The PM wearing a Joy Division T-shirt is the new topic du jour about which to feign outrage, in case anyone was wondering, writes managing editor @michellepini.bsky.social.
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David Marr interviews Chris Hedges for Club Media Mainstream A former Media Watch presenter recently attempted to lecture Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges on what his role as a journalist should be, and it was embarrassing.

A former Media Watch presenter recently attempted to lecture Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges on what his role as a journalist should be, and it was embarrassing.
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Gold Coast Mayor Tom pod-Tate-o and his Surfers Plaza backpacker factory In Queensland, it is apparently illegal for property developers to make donations to politicians, or be accepted by them. Yet this doesn't seem to prohibit property developers such the Gold Coast's .....

It's illegal for developers to make political donations in Qld. Yet this doesn't stop Tom "Have-a-Go" Tate from being a developer and Mayor.
Gold Coast Mayor Tom pod-Tate-o & his Surfers Plaza backpacker factory
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'Libspill': Hastie and other anti-liberal Antics Managing editor Michelle Pini takes a look at the Liberal Party's Far-Right takeover from within, simmering beneath the "civilised broad church" facade.

Managing editor Michelle Pini takes a look at the Liberal Party's Far-Right takeover from within, simmering beneath the "civilised broad church" facade.
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Trump, Hitler and acquiescing to murderous regimes Managing editor Michelle Pini discusses Donald Trump's burgeoning dictatorship and what Australia's response might mean for the future of democracy.

Donald Trump's burgeoning dictatorship and what Australia's response might mean for the future of democracy. @michellepini.bsky.social

Selective empathy and the weaponisation of trauma 'Nothing prepared me for being accused of causing by wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh at a queer displacement conference.'

'Nothing prepared me for being accused of causing harm by wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh at a queer displacement conference'.
~ Aisya Zaharin.

Selective empathy and the weaponisation of trauma
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