Media

Independent journalism has never been more important to democracy. Thankfully, Walkley Award-winning journalist Michael West is surprisingly optimistic about the future of independent media.

As more of our lives are mediated through the internet, private companies cannot be allowed to dictate the terms on which we relate to each other, argue Tim Scriven 补苍诲听Aleks Wansbrough.

People cherish their privacy and prefer explicit requests for consent as to how, when and by whom their data is used or shared, writes Ernst Merkenich.

Julian Assange

Julian Assange embarrassed the United States by revealing activities recorded by Americans themselves听and the lawlessness of the US military that continues every day, all round the world, writes Alison Broinowski.

Five years on from the Paris Climate Agreement, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg听has slammed听governments for wasting time.听

The Murdoch media is an impediment to democracy

While Kevin Rudd鈥檚 petition for a 鈥渟trong鈥 and 鈥渄iverse鈥 news media has proved to be very popular, Alex Bainbridge suggests a royal commission won't solve the fundamental problem.

Matthew Drake-Brockman

Police moved on an activist who chained himself to the office of Labor听MP Tanya Plibersek to urge her to speak out against the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Peter Boyle reports.

Julian Assange imagined a future where digital technologies would be used for collective projects of humanisation and anti-imperialist resistance, writes Yanis Iqbal. He is being brutally punished by the United States for disrupting the drive for profits from surveillance and militarism.

John Pilger has watched Julian Assange鈥檚 extradition trial from the public gallery at London鈥檚 Old Bailey. He spoke with Timothy Erik Str枚m about the trial.

A showdown is looming in Australia between corporate media giants, with the federal government keen to appear as if it is taking a stand for media diversity. Jacob Andrewartha and Viv Miley explain.

Sam Wallman is a talented political comic artist with a strong worker and union focus in his work, writes Andrew Chuter.听

By any estimate, the size of the LGBTQI+ community, in a population such as ours, constitutes a tidy and expanding market: the ongoing struggle for equality won not just social and political, but financial liberty for a community that had, for so long, been pushed back into society's shadowy margins, writes James McVicar.