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20 Jan, 18 tweets, 10 min read
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.
SUBSCRIBE: independentaustralia.net/about-ia/subsc…
DONATE: independentaustralia.net/about-ia/donat…
Don't let Rupert and the rest of them win.
Thanks.
I've heard some people may be having a problem subscribing via the subscription link. If so, please note that you can subscribe via Paypal or EFT via the donations page: independentaustralia.net/about-ia/donat…
We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience.

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The passing of Mungo MacCallum means we have lost a enigmatic truthteller. An @independentaus columnist towards the end, his razor sharp wit, wisdom and huge intellect helped us make sense of the world.
The loss of such giants makes us reflect on what counts, hence this thread.
It's clear there aren’t enough truthtellers like Mungo left in Australian media. At @independentaus though, we hunt them out and publish them. We know the importance of facts and truth to democracy, which is at grave risk when false narratives are presented as the whole picture.
Truthtelling is not for the fainthearted and Mungo was a fearless progressive amongst a sea of conservatives - even in his own family. But if you care about democracy, you will speak the truth to power, even when it is uncomfortable, awkward, risky or even frightening.
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Very sad to hear that Mungo MacCallum has died. An @independentaus contributor for years I've known Mungo since my time as a director of the Republican Movement, a decade and some ago. A charming man, incredibly astute, brilliantly eloquent and utterly his own. Such a loss. RIP.
Mungo has two stories in our top nine over the last week and only announced his retirement on Monday. He kept writing right until the end. What a professional he was.
Mungo was part of the Bunyip aristocracy, as his family were offshoots of British aristocracy. His great-great-grandfather ,William Charles Wentworth, came to the NSW colony in the early 1800s and stamped his mark as an explorer and politician, and as a father of the nation.
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16 Sep 20
Great editorial coming for @independentaus subscribers in today's weekly newsletter.
Editor @vmp9 is on fire more than NSW in January, as she explains who is the koala's biggest enemy. (Spoiler: there's a twist!)
Make sure you're a subscriber. Yes you!
independentaustralia.net/about-ia/subsc…
Of course, @independentaus is one of Australia's most ardent koala champions. Indeed, I have just paid our lawyers $10,000 as someone has taken umbrage at one of the many brilliant, fair and painstakingly researched articles on IA by @koalacrisis about this growing calamity.
In just over 10 years of speaking truth to power, @independentaus has been almost constantly threatened by people with deep pockets - who are almost always the powerful - to try to shut us up.
This is called #lawfare and is a pernicious and costly part of our flawed legal system.
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3 Sep 20
You've probably been following the dispute between Google and Facebook and the Murdoch media's official proxy. the Morrison Gov't
As the publisher of a popular independent news website, I have developed some well-considered views on this deeply corrupt farce.
So here's a thread.
The first thing to understand is that old Uncle Rupert, the repitilian relic, doesn't like the internet. He likes more tangible things, like paper, ink and the entrails of his foes. He also doesn't really understand the internet, but knows what he doesn't like most: aggregators.
He has been railing against these so-called aggregators, by which he means social media platforms and search engines, both personally and through his vast and sinister media conglomerate, for at least a decade. His argument is they are stealing News Corp content by posting links.
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28 Aug 20
I would say that the difference between me and virtually every other relatively successful journalist or publisher is that I don't regard other journalists or VIPs as any more important than the people we write for. In fact, my sympathies are very much more towards the outsiders.
Many people probably say that, but my record speaks for itself.
Of course, not pandering to egos does make IA a target and I have, regrettably, I must inform you received rather severe and harrowing bouts of sustained intimidation. But enough about my family...
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18 Jul 20
I haven't done a thread for a while, so indulge me for the next 20 or 30 minutes, while I offer you my thoughts on corruption, dinkum Aussie style.
It's one of my favourite topics and I think I've developed, over the last decade or so, a pretty keen insight.
So here goes...
Many people believe Australia to be relatively corruption free. In my experience, this nation is anything but. It is simply that Aussie corruption is concealed by the "mates network". Money is not passed over (much) in brown envelopes, but mates do mates a favour. And so it goes.
There is so much of this soft, hard to police, systemic corruption a fascinating academic book has been written about it, 'The Game of Mates', by Prof Paul Frijters and Dr Cameron Murray. independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…
Essential reading if you ever wonder why things are so screwed up.
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