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Michelle Pini
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Managing editor at Independent Australia @independentaus.bsky.social, journalist and broadcaster.

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Michelle Pini @michellepini.bsky.social · Dec 18
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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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
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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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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....
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January 8, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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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
#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.....
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January 4, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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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....
#7 TOP IA STORY OF 2025: Daily Telegraph tries to stage antisemitic incident @michellepini.bsky.social
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#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.....
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December 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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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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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.....
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December 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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"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 on the Gaza genocide, Bondi and 'blowback'
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December 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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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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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
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December 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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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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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.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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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'
independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...
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
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December 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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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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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?
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December 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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“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.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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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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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.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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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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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.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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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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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.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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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
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.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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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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Compulsory voting under scrutiny amid claims it breeds political apathy
While hailed as a model of fairness, compulsory voting may be breeding apathy instead.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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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
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.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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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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A clogged visa system only rewards the unscrupulous
A growing number of people in Australia remain stuck in immigration limbo.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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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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No one does news like Independent Australia: The facts say #SaveIA!
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.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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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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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.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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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.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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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.
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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.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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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."
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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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
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...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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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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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.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM