Independent Australia

Independent Australia's investigations editor and author of the acclaimed book 'Ashbygate: The plot to destroy Australia's speaker' spoke with The Guardian's Sarah Martin on the political ascent and parliamentary scandal of One Nation's James Ashby. This is an excerpt from the full podcast ('The Populist: episode 2 - Favourite Son').

Violence against women remains one of Australia’s most urgent social problems, and tackling it requires more than condemnation after tragedy strikes.

In a wide-ranging conversation with managing editor Michelle Pini, long-time anti-violence campaigner Phil Cleary discusses the recent Sydney Swans controversy and the responsibility of powerful institutions such as the AFL and the media to help drive cultural change.

Cleary argues that preventing violence against women requires action well beyond sporting organisations and governments. Lasting change begins within families and communities, through challenging harmful attitudes, holding people accountable and refusing to remain silent.

 Jess Foster, patient advocate and founder of Surviving Scarred – a support group for former patients of the now-infamous Melbourne gynaecologist Simon Gordon – speaks with IA about how the systems that allowed Gordon’s alleged surgical abuse of endometriosis patients continue to fail them. 

 American journalist and author Chris Hedges chats with managing editor Michelle Pini about the Middle East situation and the repercussions it's having upon the world, including our own Bondi Beach. 

IA's managing editor Michelle Pini interviews journalistic legend Dr Jeff McMullen to discuss the failure of the Voice Referendum and the future of Indigenous rights in Australia.

Telecommunications industry experts are calling for urgent reform after the third triple-zero outage in under two years.

Telco Optus says it missed five warning calls its system was preventing customers from calling triple-zero across four of the country's states. 

Police are investigation whether four deaths can be linked to the call outrage.

Former Independent MP Zoe Daniel discusses the toxic election campaign in Goldstein and fearing for her life.