Thread by @davrosz

The new @independentaus weekly newsletter is going to drop in the next hour or so - and trendsetters! - it's even better than our usual superb level.
It features an editorial by @vmp9 on how to make $$$$ under the Morrison gang.
Spoiler! Here's a clue: independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

You need to be a subscriber to @independentaus to receive our weekly newsletter, but that's because without this money we couldn't publish.
But since Xmas, our subs have gone from 2450 to 2400, almost all blaming financial pressure.
Times are tough! :( independentaustralia.net/about-ia/subsc…

Course, receiving the weekly newsletter is just one of the benefits you receive from subscribing to @independentaus.
You also receive free stuff, including stickers, books, t-shirts, cool bags and access to the members only area. (Although we don't paywall our articles. Crikey!)

The real benefit in subscribing to @independentaus, though, ain't getting the newsletter in your inbox every week, or some free junk, but in keeping alive - to thrive! - Australia's best truly independent news website.
So, here's a little thread about why IA should be embraced.

First of all, @independentaus is remarkably reliable and resilient. Despite operating on the merest whiff of a barely oily rag, IA produces excellent high quality, factual news and investigations every day of the year -- and has done for over 10 years, without a moment's pause.

The second this about @independentaus is that we really are independent. We aren't secretly supported by mining billionaires, or quietly by media moguls who sold their papers to News Corp or Fairfax. Or by unis or union super funds or churches or anyone at all.
As the name says.

(The second *thing* that is.)
Thirdly, @independentaus has excellent paid editorial staff, including editor @vmp9, digital editor @danjensenmovies, associate editor Nick Bugeja and assistant editor Cherie Moselen.
If only they could proof my sloppy tweets! (Doh!)
Love you guys!

That's not to mention all our crack team of columnists, including Dr Jennifer Wilson, Dr Martin Hirst, Dr Binoy Kampmark, Dr Glenn Davies, Dr Lee Duffield, Alan Austin, Tess Lawrence, Ross Jones and Peter Wicks (& more).
All these folks are real experts, paid by @independentaus.

Not paid anywhere near enough, mind you!
You can follow this crowd on Twitter (with the exceptions of Lee and Tess), respectively, at @noplaceforsheep, @ethicalmartini, @bkampmark, @alanaustin001, bane of James Ashby @rpzjones and legendary exposer of Kathy Jackson @madwixxy.

Mention of James Ashby and Kathy Jackson brings up another vital reason to subscribe, or at least donate, to @independentaus.
Without IA and @madwixxy , Kathy Jackson would still be the Libs sweetheart and James Ashby wouldn't be wearing a Slipper (@RPZjones wrote a book on it!)

You can read the full #Jacksonville and #Ashbygate investigations on the following dedicated pages, here independentaustralia.net/jacksonville/ and here independentaustralia.net/ashbygate. Work from the bottom up.
Of course, we also exposed lecherous Barnaby Joyce before our scoop was stolen by NewsCorp.

I might have forgotten to mention guru @independentaus cartoonist Mark David. @MDavidCartoons is worth the price of entry himself and that is no exaggeration.
Oh, and we include extra cartoons from Mark in the members only newsletter, too!

There's so many great reasons to subscribe and support @independentaus, I could go on and on, but I won't.
Like, I could say we're one of only two Creative Commons news sites in Australia.
CC means anyone can republish our original articles entirely for free (with attribution).

Or the fact we ensure that all our sources are attributed with live hyperlinks, if we didn't dig out the information ourselves.
So, you may disagree with our writers' opinions, but you *cannot* disagree with our facts.
We are scrupulously truthful - and that is not fake news!

There's many more reasons to subscribe or donate to @independentaus, but the most important one is that IA serves a vital role preserving Australian democracy. Its motto is "Truth has a conscience". It is a beacon of light in a dreary sea of despair. One that could easily go out.

As I said before, these are tough times and don't spend money if you can't afford it.
But if you can, please find a few bucks to back @independentaus.
It's about the health of our democracy, not just you or me.
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