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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 · Oct 9
The Liberal Party's Far-Right takeover from within, simmering beneath the "civilised broad church" facade.
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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.
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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
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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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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.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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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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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 .....
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October 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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The Liberal Party's Far-Right takeover from within, simmering beneath the "civilised broad church" facade.
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
'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.
independentaustralia.net
October 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Managing editor Michelle Pini takes a look at the Liberal Party's Far-Right takeover from within, simmering beneath the "civilised broad church" facade.
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol... @michellepini.bsky.social
'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.
independentaustralia.net
October 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Donald Trump's burgeoning dictatorship and what Australia's response might mean for the future of democracy. @michellepini.bsky.social
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.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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'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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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.'
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October 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Australia’s student visa system is feeding permanent migration at double the rate Treasury assumed.
~ Dr Abul Rizvi

Government report provides a strong basis for immigration reform
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Government report provides a strong basis for immigration reform
Australia’s student visa system is feeding permanent migration at double the rate Treasury assumed.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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When award-winning journalist Antoinette Lattouf won her unfair dismissal case against the ABC, it wasn’t just a personal victory.

#OPINION by Aisya A. Zaharin

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July 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Erin Patterson’s crimes shocked Australia, but decades of near-total isolation defy human rights.
~ Clive Solomon

Solitary confinement as a sentence isn't justice, it's torture
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Solitary confinement as a sentence isn't justice, it's torture
Erin Patterson’s crimes shocked Australia, but decades of near-total isolation defy human rights.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM