Implacable, unswerving, innovative, incorruptible standing up to bullies no one does it like IA. Help save Independent Australia! You'll miss it when it's gone.
THERE WERE precious few online news media outlets whenIAburst onto Australia's uniformly lacklustre media landscape,15 years ago. Indeed, they could be counted on one hand and that includedsome specialist news publications.
ButIAdidn't just follow the crowd.It didn't seek to emulate "insider" publications.It sought to challenge the tired old media boys' club and its many established vested interests. Now, there are plenty of online news websites, but they are not likeIA.
Standing up to bullies and telling the truth thats our speciality. And we do it especially well.
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IA TELLS THE TRUTH
There's no doubt that misinformation anddisinformation arerife these days, butIndependent Australiabacks itsnews and analysis withverifiable facts. Shocking but true!
It's probably whyIAhas never had to fight a defamation action in court even once over more than15 years of peeving the powerfuldespite the titled and the entitled's many attempts to shutus up and close us down.
And before most publishers were eventhinking about links,Independent Australiawas puttinglinks on the name and links on the claim. It's our mantra, even today.
Most especially on the claim that is, the facts we're asserting soreaders could instantly check the veracity of our stories.
SPOILER!IAtellsthe truth. (Click on the links in anyIAarticle to see. Please!)
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FREE INFORMATION
IAis one of only twonews websites of any significance(the other being bankrolled by all Australian universities)that publish under a Creative Commons licence.
It's so rare in Australia (though not quite so much overseas), you may wellbe asking:what is "Creative Commons"?
Well, it means you can republish or reproduce anyIAarticlefor free!No copyright issues, so long as you credit the author and the source (Independent Australia).Use our material, please, it's educational!
AndIAdoesn't really have a paywall,because webelievein free information for all.
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IA INVESTIGATESAUSTRALIA
While most other publications get excited about a story for a while, reportbriefly on it breathlesslyandthen moveon to other things after about 24 hours,Independent Australiadoes things differently. WhenIAsmells a rat not caught by the clickbait trap, we go hunting. And we almost always catch out those wascally wodents.
We have explored, investigated and published books, including investigations editorRoss Jonesacclaimed deep dive into thecoup to depose Australia's Federal Speaker and bring down the Government,Ashbygate. Also, theCraig ThomsonandKathy Jacksonsaga theJacksonvilleexposbyPeter Wicks,where Craig Thomsons accuser, Kathy Jackson, ended up with prison time, not the Labor MP.
We broke the story aboutBarnaby Joyceand his staffer, only for News Corp to claim it as its ownand the staffers former Daily Telegraph colleague winning a Walkley for it.
We brought you the truth onJulian Assange,News Corpand theMurdoch-led media,Brittany Higgins,Watergate,Robodebt, theABC, theIPAandGaza...so many,we're probably boring you by now!
Now, you say? Now, we have an investigation calledTate Town, which involves dodgy officials, hot money, dirty dealings, sleaze, crimeand corruption. It'sbeing conducted byIA's unflinching founder,Dave Donovan.
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EXPERTS OVER OPINIONISTAS
But unlike the legacy media,IAdoesnt platforminsider journalists andtheir unqualified opinions,but rather real professionals.Experts with the qualifications and experience to inform us about what's really going on, whether it'sin politics, tech, immigration, media, the environment or world affairs.
Why read unqualified amateurs and compromised insiders when you can read actual, unblemished experts onIA? It makes no sense.
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YOU CAN SAVE IA!
IAis progressive, non-partisan, and a fearless bastion oftruth and democracy.
But evenIAcan'tsurvive on strong principles and 15 years of outstanding achievements alone. Right now,Independent Australianeeds your help, financially. If it doesn't raise $60,000 by 14 December, the truth may die.
Please help #SaveIAHERE:
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